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Historic Environment Scotland
The lead public body established to investigate, care for and promote Scotland's historic environment.
About Historic Environment Scotland
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is an executive non-departmental public body responsible for investigating, caring for and promoting Scotland's historic environment. It cares for more than 300 properties of national importance, including Edinburgh Castle, Stirling Castle and Skara Brae, and looks after internationally significant collections of drawings, manuscripts and images. HES also designates and protects heritage assets, provides conservation guidance and technical research, and invests grant funding in building repairs, ancient monuments and archaeological work.
Industry
Heritage conservation / public body (non-departmental public body)
Headquarters
Longmore House, Salisbury Place, Edinburgh EH9 1SH, Scotland
Company size
Over 1,200 staff
Founded
2015
What we do
Caring for properties in care / built heritage conservationHeritage designations and statutory consentsConservation guidance, training and technical researchSurvey and recording of the historic environmentManagement of collections and archivesGrants and funding for heritage projectsBuilding surveying and asset management
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