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Scheduled Monument Condition Monitoring

This guide for owners, occupiers and land managers will explains what scheduled monuments are, how we monitor the condition of sites and what to expect from our visits.

Measured Survey and Building Recording

A historical overview of the production and use of iron, along with guidance on appraisal and conservation techniques.

Holyrood Park Landscape Conservation Management Plan

The 2024 revised Landscape Conservation Management Plan for Holyrood Park.

Scotland’s Drill Halls: Preliminary Report

This preliminary report from Historic Environment Scotland summarises the data on listed and unlisted drill hall structures in Scotland.

Doune Castle Landscape Conservation Management Plan

The aim of the Landscape Conservation Management Plan to help with our understanding of the landscape and woodlands associated with Doune Castle (cultural, historic and natural) and provide guidance on how we manage these assets.

Scottish Government’s Third Land Use Strategy

Historic Environment Scotland’s response to the SG Land Use Strategy

The Dunchraigaig Deer Carvings

Overview of the discovery, recording and authentication of prehistoric animal carvings at Dunchraigaig Cairn.

Stirling Castle First World War

A resource for teachers on Stirling Castle & The First World War (includes The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Museum).

Calanais Standing Stones: Setting Document

This report considers the setting of the Calanais Standing Stones and offers advice and guidance on considering the assessment of impacts from associated development proposals.

Acting with Confidence

A thematic study of Scotland’s historic theatre buildings. In 2008-09, Historic Environment Scotland worked with The Theatres Trust to review the historical significance Scotland’s theatres.

Scotland's Prisons

This report is intended as a preliminary aid to the review of the listed Scottish Prison Service estate and it provides an overview of Scottish prisons as a building type.