Historic Environment Scotland | Àrainneachd Eachdraidheil Alba
Historic Environment Scotland is the lead public body established to investigate, care for and promote Scotland’s historic environment. Visit the website today and explore 5,000 years of history.
Scotland's World Heritage Sites | Historic Environment Scotland
The Antonine Wall runs across central Scotland and marked the most northerly – and most complex – frontier of the Roman Empire nearly 2,000 years ago. Roman soldiers built the Antonine Wall for the Emperor Antoninus Pius around AD 142. Their efforts are commemorated by a unique group of distance ...
Explore our sites by region | Historic Environment Scotland | HES
Start exploring our historic properties across Scotland by searching by region. Use the interactive map to select a location and browse the exciting range of stunning locations.
History Awaits | Historic Environment Scotland
Don’t miss out! To avoid disappointment, we recommend booking tickets online in advance to guarantee entry to our sites. This is essential when planning a visit to some of our busiest sites including Blackness Castle, Doune Castle, Edinburgh Castle, Maeshowe Chambered Cairn, Skara Brae, Stirling Castle, and Urquhart Castle.
Scotland’s historic environment
What the historic environment is, and how we experience it through places, artefacts, traditions and stories. Put simply, the historic environment is the physical evidence of past human activity. It connects people with place, and with traditions, stories and memories linked to those places ...
National Record of the Historic Environment | Hist Env Scotland
Explore the online catalogue Canmore, with a vast range of archaeological, industrial and maritime sites and buildings across Scotland, and find out how to visit our Search Room. Find out how human activity has shaped Scotland. Our extensive archive spans a vast range of buildings, archaeological ...
What We Do | Leading Public Body for Scotland's Historic …
What we do. Find out about the core functions of Historic Environment Scotland, from caring for our collections to limiting the impact of climate change on Scotland’s heritage.
Archives and Research | Historic Environment Scotland | History
Find out about our extensive collections and publications, and how to access them. Learn how we conduct research in a range of areas to increase our understanding of Scotland's historic environment.
Archives and Collections | Historic Environment Scotland | HES
Archives and collections. Properties in Care Collections. We care for over 41,000 objects, including many of Scotland’s most culturally significant objects.
National Collection of Aerial Photography | Hist Env Scotland
Explore more than 26 million aerial images featuring historic events and places worldwide, including 1.6 million images of Scotland. It is the role of The National Collection of Aerial Photography (NCAP) to collect aerial imagery and preserve these records – both digital and physical – for generations to come, while also making …