Historic Environment Scotland

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Historic Environment Scotland is the public body responsible for protecting, promoting, and managing Scotland’s historic environment, including many of its most important monuments and heritage sites.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf heritage organisation
non-departmental public body
appliesToJurisdiction Scotland
archives Historic Environment Scotland self-linksurface differs
surface form: Canmore national record of the historic environment
country Scotland
employerType public body
hasAbbreviation HES
hasNumberOfPropertiesInCare over 300
hasRole archive and records holder for Scotland’s historic environment
heritage advisory body
statutory consultee on planning matters
hasType executive non-departmental public body
headquartersBuilding Longmore House
headquartersLocation Edinburgh
inception 2015
industry cultural heritage management
historic environment protection
tourism
jurisdiction Scotland
legalBasis Acts of the Scottish Parliament
surface form: Historic Environment Scotland Act 2014
locatedInTimeZone Europe/London
manages Blackness Castle
Edinburgh Castle
Fort George
Iona Abbey
Linlithgow Palace
Melrose Abbey
Skara Brae
Stirling Castle
Urquhart Castle
mission manage Scotland’s historic environment
promote Scotland’s historic environment
protect Scotland’s historic environment
officialLanguage English
Scottish Gaelic
operates Historic Scotland membership scheme
operatesInSector public sector
parentOrganization Scottish Government
regionServed Scotland
replaced Historic Environment Scotland self-linksurface differs
surface form: Historic Scotland

Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
responsibleFor historic battlefields inventory in Scotland
historic marine protected areas in Scotland
listed buildings in Scotland
properties in care of the Scottish Ministers
scheduled monuments in Scotland
shortName HES
subordinateTo Scottish Government
website https://www.historicenvironment.scot

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Longmore House administersFrom Historic Environment Scotland
this entity surface form: Scotland’s national record of the historic environment
Historic Environment Scotland archives Historic Environment Scotland self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Canmore national record of the historic environment
Bothwell Castle controlledBy Historic Environment Scotland
HES formedByMergerOf Historic Environment Scotland
subject surface form: Historic Environment Scotland
this entity surface form: Historic Scotland
Holyrood Abbey governedBy Historic Environment Scotland
Blackness Castle governingBody Historic Environment Scotland
Bothwell Castle governingBody Historic Environment Scotland
Drumlanrig Castle governingBody Historic Environment Scotland
Kelso Abbey governingBody Historic Environment Scotland
Linlithgow Palace governingBody Historic Environment Scotland
Maiden Castle hillfort heritageDesignationBy Historic Environment Scotland
Hamilton Old Parish Church heritageRegister Historic Environment Scotland
Rothesay Castle heritageRegister Historic Environment Scotland
this entity surface form: Scottish listed buildings register
Rothesay Pavilion heritageRegister Historic Environment Scotland
Fort George maintainedBy Historic Environment Scotland
Inchcolm Abbey maintainedBy Historic Environment Scotland
Palace of Holyroodhouse maintainedBy Historic Environment Scotland
St Rule's Tower maintainedBy Historic Environment Scotland
Aberdour managedBy Historic Environment Scotland
subject surface form: Aberdour Castle
Arthur’s Seat managedBy Historic Environment Scotland
Dunfermline Abbey managedBy Historic Environment Scotland
Dunfermline Palace managedBy Historic Environment Scotland
Dwarfie Stane managedBy Historic Environment Scotland
Edinburgh Castle managedBy Historic Environment Scotland
Hermitage Castle managedBy Historic Environment Scotland
Holyrood Park managedBy Historic Environment Scotland
Inchcolm managedBy Historic Environment Scotland
subject surface form: Inchcolm Abbey
Innis Choluim managedBy Historic Environment Scotland
Iona Abbey managedBy Historic Environment Scotland
Jedburgh Abbey managedBy Historic Environment Scotland
Linlithgow Palace managedBy Historic Environment Scotland
Maiden Castle hillfort managedBy Historic Environment Scotland
Melrose Abbey managedBy Historic Environment Scotland
Rothesay Castle managedBy Historic Environment Scotland
Skara Brae managedBy Historic Environment Scotland
St Andrews Castle managedBy Historic Environment Scotland
St Andrews Cathedral managedBy Historic Environment Scotland
Stirling Castle managedBy Historic Environment Scotland
Tantallon Castle managedBy Historic Environment Scotland
Threave Castle managedBy Historic Environment Scotland
Urquhart Castle managedBy Historic Environment Scotland
Longmore House occupant Historic Environment Scotland
Dunfermline Palace ownedBy Historic Environment Scotland
Inchcolm Abbey ownedBy Historic Environment Scotland
St Rule's Tower ownedBy Historic Environment Scotland
Tantallon Castle ownedBy Historic Environment Scotland
Threave Castle ownedBy Historic Environment Scotland
Rothesay Castle ownership Historic Environment Scotland
Historic Environment Scotland replaced Historic Environment Scotland self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Historic Scotland