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be a recognisable building (defined as any human-made structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or continuous occupancy); incorporate features of building work from the claimed date to at least 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) in height and/or be a listed building. This consciously excludes ruins of limited height, roads and statues.
There are thousands of historic sites and attractions in Scotland. These include Neolithic Standing stones and Stone Circles, Bronze Age settlements, Iron Age Brochs and Crannogs, Pictish stones, Roman forts and camps, Viking settlements, Mediaeval castles, and early Christian settlements. Scotland also played an important role in the ...
This list includes the historic houses, castles, abbeys, museums and other buildings and monuments in the care of Historic Environment Scotland (HES). HES (Scottish Gaelic: Àrainneachd Eachdraidheil Alba) is a non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government, responsible for investigating, caring for and promoting Scotland’s historic environment.
Edinburgh Castle, with the New Town beyond, is at the heart of the Edinburgh World Heritage Site World Heritage Sites in Scotland are locations that have been included in the UNESCO World Heritage Programme list of sites of outstanding cultural or natural importance to the common heritage of humankind. Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for 'cultural' sites as part of their wider ...
Historic buildings and structures in Scotland (1 C, 3 P) ... Sandstone buildings in Scotland (1 C, 8 P) Scheduled monuments in Scotland (32 C, 192 P) W.
Historic sites in Scotland (7 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Historic buildings and structures in Scotland" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
The architecture of Scotland includes all human building within the modern borders of Scotland, from the Neolithic era to the present day. The earliest surviving houses go back around 9500 years, and the first villages 6000 years: Skara Brae on the Mainland of Orkney being the earliest preserved example in Europe.
In Scotland, the term listed building refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of "special architectural or historic interest". [1] Category A structures are those considered to be "buildings of national or international importance, either architectural or historic, or fine little-altered examples of some ...