Historic Environment Scotland

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heritage organisation non-departmental public body

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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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Historic Scotland	2
Canmore national record of the historic environment	1
Scotland’s national record of the historic environment	1
Scottish listed buildings register	1

Statements (49)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (53)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cambuskenneth Abbey → siteManagedBy → Historic Environment Scotland ⓘ

HES → standsFor → Historic Environment Scotland ⓘ

Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland → successor → Historic Environment Scotland ⓘ