PROPERTIES IN THE CARE OF SCOTTISH MINISTERS ANNUAL REPORT 2017-18 Principal author: Dr Clare Torney, Head of Analytics, Reporting and Audit Analytics support: Gary Carvel, Analytics and Reporting Officer

Please note, this report does not detail activity/ investment at our ancillary properties, unless this activity has a direct impact on the Properties in Care and/or associated collections.

All images © Crown Copyright HES or © Historic Environment Scotland

General view of Cambuskenneth . CONTENTS

1 INTRODUCTION 4

2 LEAD 6

2.1 The Engine Shed 6 2.2 Climate change and sustainability 7 2.3 Innovation in conservation 7 2.4 A future for traditional skills 8 2.5 Increasing opportunity in the tourism industry 10 3 UNDERSTAND 12

3.1 Asset schedule 12 3.2 Statements of significance 13 3.3 Technical, historical and archaeological research 14 4 PROTECT 16

4.1 Managing the Properties in Care 16 4.1.1 Conservation and maintenance of the Properties in Care 17 4.1.2 Conservation and maintenance systems 24 4.1.3 Standards and assurance 25 4.2 Managing and providing access to our collections 26 5 VALUE 30

5.1 Providing access to the Properties in Care 30 5.2 Engagement 32 5.3 Enhancing the visitor experience 32 6 PERFORM 34

6.1 The impact of our investment 34 6.1.1 Economic impacts 34 6.1.2 Social impacts 36 6.2 Investing in our people 36 6.3 Driving operational efficiency 37 6.4 Working with our partners 38 6.5review Peer 38 7 CONSERVATION CHALLENGES 42

7.1 A changing climate 42 7.2 Managing the consequences of success 43 7.3 Ensuring we have the skills and materials required 43 APPENDIX A. 2017-18 DESIGNATION CHANGES TO THE PROPERTIES IN CARE 44

APPENDIX B. CONDITION CHECKING OF THE ASSOCIATED COLLECTIONS 46 1. INTRODUCTION

Historic Environment Scotland’s turn this lays the ground for Assessment report published second full year of operation, improving visitor experience this year represents the most 2017-18, has seen us continue and cultural impact, and in-depth study to date of the to develop our role as the finally how we will deliver impact of climate change on lead public body caring for additional economic, social and the historic sites in our care. Scotland’s historic environment. environmental benefits. By expanding our knowledge, Central to our wider role in increasing our resources and improving understanding We invested over £9 million taking action where it is needed, of, and public access to, this in conservation and maintenance we are securing the future of our environment is the management works specifically focused on Properties in Care and public and conservation of the 336 ensuring access is maintained to access to them. properties directly in our care. the Properties in Care in 2017-18, Through our stewardship of supporting specialist trades these sites, we are building and contractors, contributing knowledge, skills and circular to tourism and stimulating local economies which have a economies, often in areas of wider impact across Scotland deprivation. Chapter 4 of this and internationally. report highlights some of the innovative technologies we are This annual report demonstrates using to guide this investment the progress made throughout by achieving the most accurate our Properties in Care and their understanding of the properties associated collections against in our care in their 6,000 the five strategic themes outlined year history. in our Corporate Plan: Lead, Understand, Protect, Value and A record 5 million+ people Perform. These themes underpin visited one of our sites this year, all of our work and are intended encouraged by our properties as practical section headings, not being open more days of the firm boundaries. year than ever before. Our volunteer numbers continue A huge step forward was taken to increase, making a vital this year with the publication of contribution of nearly 8,000 our Asset Management Plan. This worked hours in 2017-18. ambitious document addresses our infrastructure and assets in Our changing climate presents a their entirety: human, physical very real challenge to the fabric and intangible. The Plan sets of our historic environment. The out how we will improve the first step in managing the impact condition of our physical assets of this change is to understand through conservation, how in it, and our Climate Change Risk

4 Properties In Care Report View of Dunstaffnage Castle.

Properties In Care Report 5 2. LEAD

LEADING AND ENABLING BY SUPPORTING, EMPOWERING AND COLLABORATING WITH OTHERS

We adopt a leading and enabling 2.1 THE ENGINE SHED The Engine Shed has a key role role in the historic environment as a central point for delivery of In June 2017 the Engine Shed sector to ensure that others are learning opportunities not only was officially opened by Fiona supported and empowered to to the public and our own staff, Hyslop MSP, Cabinet Secretary secure the future of our historic but to heritage professionals for Culture, Tourism and External environment. and groups from across the Affairs, with the doors opening to country. It has also acted as a the public on 3rd July 2017. Evidence of our leading role hub to engage our stakeholders, is threaded throughout this fostering and developing The Engine Shed has exceeded report and includes details of collaborative partnerships expectations in its role as a our work to widen access to the which help us tackle many of central hub from which to Properties in Care, working with the challenges we face around engage the next generation partners across the wider sector, caring for our PiCs. with our historic environment engaging with communities and and the value of protecting and empowering others. The Engine Shed also houses preserving it. some of our state-of-the-art digital and scientific facilities and is the home of the in-house research that informs our conservation strategies for the PiCs.

WELCOMED OVER 5 MILLION VISITORS TO OUR STAFFED SITES

6 Properties In Care Report 2.2 CLIMATE CHANGE • A 5.3% reduction in 2.3 INNOVATION IN AND SUSTAINABILITY greenhouse gas emissions CONSERVATION compared with 3.9% the In 2017-18 we made significant Our digital innovation work previous year progress in relation to continues to be a core area of understanding the impacts of • A National Award (Gold) for research and development for climate change on our estate, Environmental Excellence us, and our commitment to this and in our approaches to (NAEE) at Stirling Castle and is evident in the expansion of our sustainability. We expanded (Bronze) Aberdour Castle teams in these areas. our climate change team, • Historic Environment appointing a Climate Change Scotland’s Biodiversity This year we appointed staff to Scientist to work specifically on Delivery Statement with manage our digital innovation environmental risk management, the Scottish Government projects, and our estates digital and a Circular Economy Project (historicenvironment.scot/ systems. We have continued Officer to lead on waste scottish-biodiversity-strategy) development and testing of management, sustainable • Historic Environment HES‧SIGMA, our condition procurement and circular Scotland’s Litter survey tool, and we have economy. Our 2017-18 Climate Prevention Action Plan commenced work to develop Change and Sustainability (historicenvironment.scot/ PiCAMS, our bespoke Properties deliverables include: litter-prevention) in Care Asset Management • Contributing to the System. We have continued to deliver the Rae Project, and our • Our first formal publication on development of ‘Dynamic Building Information Modeling the impacts of climate change Coast: Scotland’s National (BIM) case studies. on the PiCs, ‘Screening Coastal Change Assessment’, for Natural Hazards to launched by Cabinet Inform a Climate Change Secretary for Environment, We have continued our digital Risk Assessment of the Climate Change and documentation and digital Properties in Care of Historic Land Reform, Roseanna innovation research via a number Environment Scotland’ Cunningham MSP in of projects including virtual and (historicenvironment. August 2017 augmented reality projects and scot/climate-change-risk- app development. This research is • Partnering in the Climate assessment) that forms part often focused on our PiCs, it gives Ready Scotland exhibition, of an on-going project to us a better understanding of our part of the European understand, monitor and monuments, which in turn helps Climate Change Adaptation manage environmental risk to us make more informed decisions Conference held in Glasgow in the HES estate in relation to their care. June 2017 which was attended by over 850 delegates.

Properties In Care Report 7 We have also been addressing 2.4 A FUTURE FOR We have expanded our ability challenges with establishing TRADITIONAL SKILLS to deliver training in a number visitor numbers at unstaffed sites. of different ways – most In October 2017, Deputy First This work has been conducted as notably through our Advanced Minister and Cabinet Secretary part of the CivTech® programme, Professional Diploma (APD) in for Education and Skills, John part of the Scottish Government’s Technical Building Conservation, Swinney, formally announced ten Digital Directive that is helping delivered at the Engine Shed. new HES internship opportunities transform public sector Despite having not yet completed across a range of technical and engagement with technology the first year, this course has craft disciplines. In addition and innovation. We are working already provided 569 days of to these, we continued to with Replicade Ltd, an asset training to participants from a provide training opportunities management solutions company range of backgrounds (Figure 3). in traditional skills through from Kilmarnock who we’ve our apprenticeship and craft chosen to develop a solution fellowship programmes (Figure 1). for tracking visitor numbers at remote, unstaffed sites across our estate. Replicade are currently developing a low cost, robust visitor counting system with long term battery capabilities which will send data via different methods to overcome the issue of some of our sites having little or no connectivity.

In addition to the core purpose of counting visitors at these remote, unstaffed sites, the system will also monitor temperature and humidity. Once in place, this technology will help us make more informed decisions around visitor management and staffing at sites as well as helping us understand the impact of climate change on our monuments.

Our digital work spans across a OUR ADVANCED number of our strategic themes; details of our work in this area TECHNICAL DIPLOMA features throughout this report. PROVIDED 569 DAYS OF TRAINING IN 2017-18

8 Properties In Care Report Internships = 18 Traditional skills Apprentice Stonemason Apprentice Gardener = 3 (see Figure 2) Craft Fellows = 9 = 20 HES + 19 private sector at our training centres

Apprentice Joiner = 2 Apprentice Electrician = 1 Apprentice Painter = 1 Cultural Venues apprentices = 12 Figure 1 – Supporting skills development in the sector.

Architecture, 3 Conservation Science, 3 Technical Research, 3 Registered students, 410 Collections, 2 General public, 33 Climate Change, 2 HES staff, 83.5 Technical Education Interns, 36 & Outreach, 2 Volunteers, 4 Digital Documentation, 1 Apprentices, 2.5 Digital Innovation, 1 Traditional Skills, 1

Figure 2 – Provision of conservation internships Figure 3 – Attendance on the Technical Building across different disciplines. Conservation APD (# days).

Properties In Care Report 9 We have put in place key 2.5 INCREASING roles to drive work forward OPPORTUNITY IN THE on our Skills Strategy. We TOURISM INDUSTRY have appointed a Technical Conservation Training Officer to In addition to our long- work alongside our Traditional running traditional craft skills Skills Officer, managing our apprenticeships, we now have conservation internship and 12 Visitor Operations Assistants traditional skills craft fellow undertaking Cultural Venues programmes, as well as a Modern Apprenticeships Technical Conservation Skills (SVQ3/SCQF6); nine of these Programme Manager and are based within Edinburgh Project Officer focused on Castle and three at Stirling the development of a new Castle. These apprenticeship series of qualification and programmes are an additional training programmes. training opportunity for the Visitor Operations Assistants Additionally, we employed a role, and part of our approach Project Manager to lead on the to enhancing skills and career promotion of traditional skills and prospects for our staff, as well economic regeneration in Argyll as the visitor experience. and Bute as part of a project we are running in partnership with Highlands and Islands Enterprise. This role will develop innovative training models to suit the specific needs of the Argyll and Bute region, identifying skills and resource gaps in the local workforce and targeting training to fill these. This role will also lead in developing a number of projects around indigenous materials, focusing on stone and timber.

10 Properties In Care Report The nine graduates of the inaugural Historic Environment Scotland (HES) Cultural Venues Modern Apprenticeships were joined by Scottish Government and HES Board officials at EdinburghProperties In CareCastle Report to reflect 11 on their experiences over the past 18 months. 3. UNDERSTAND

INCREASING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THROUGH INVESTIGATION, RESEARCH AND RECORDING

Our investigation, recording and 3.1 ASSET SCHEDULE research underpins the work There were no acquisitions or we do to protect the historic disposals of PiCs in 2017-18. environment and ensures that There were a number of changes Scotland’s historic environment is to designations as part of the better known and understood. review of dual designation; 53 PiCs have been impacted We have continued to enhance by these changes, details are our understanding of the provided in Appendix A. Thirteen Properties in Care and we share PiCs have been re-designated this with others through our with scheduled areas removed. freely available Statements of . Significance In May 2014, Scottish Ministers asked the Keeper of the Registers Our technical, historical and of Scotland to complete the Land archaeological research Register by 2024, and to register continues to inform our all public land by 2019. Scotland conservation strategies and, is moving towards a single combined with our digital system of registration for all land innovations, is ensuring we and property titles, so that the are making evidence-based Land Register of Scotland can decisions about how we care for provide a single accurate point of our monuments. information on exactly who owns what across Scotland. In 2017-18 our Estates team, on behalf of Scottish Ministers, commenced the voluntary registration of the 83 PiCs owned by Scottish Ministers onto the Land Register, in addition to 44 HES-owned land sites and ancillary buildings. A significant amount of work has already been delivered in this area to meet the 2019 deadline.

12 Properties In Care Report 3.2 STATEMENTS OF SIGNIFICANCE The Scheme of Delegation for the PiCs requires that each monument has a Statement of Significance; these statements articulate the wider range of values each site possesses.

A major achievement for 2016-17 was the publication of a Statement of Significance for every PiC as free downloads from the Publication pages of our website (historicenvironment. scot/publications), and in 2017-18 we continued to deliver our rolling programme of revisions. Since last year, we have made considerable progress in updating the statements, with 95 (28%) now having been revised in the past two years (Figure 4), compared with 63 (18%) this time last year. We achieved our corporate plan target of 30 revisions.

18% 28% Statement revised within 2 years 34% Statement between 2 and 10 years old 44% 2016-17 2017-18 Statement more than 10 years old

38% 38%

Figure 4 – Currency of the statements of significance.

Properties In Care Report 13 Technical research activity

2016-17 2017-18 3.3 TECHNICAL, HISTORICAL AND # projects ARCHAEOLOGICAL 41 RESEARCH In 2017-18 we delivered 41 active 40 technical research projects via commissioned research projects, postgraduate placements, research partnerships, internships # new projects started and in-house research (Figure 5). 7 We worked with over 50 partners in delivering this 23 work. These projects focused primarily on traditional materials and structures, emerging # projects completed technologies and techniques, and energy efficiency and climate change. This work 17 will continue to influence how we monitor and manage the 7 PiCs; collaboration across our organisation ensures that our conservation strategies take Projects providing cognisance of current research. educational opportunity 13 14

Supporting others through commissioned projects 18 15

Figure 5 - Technical research activity.

14 Properties In Care Report In relation to our archaeological We commissioned 60 and historical research, we archaeological interventions delivered over 40 projects, across the estate in support commissioning archaeological of our conservation work and survey, investigation, new development at the PiCs. This historical research and specialist included management of the Links analysis relating to 17 of the PiCs, of Noltland rescue excavation, the results of which will inform LIDAR, erosion and vegetation future conservation, management, surveys of Holyrood Park, and and interpretation. Much of this bathymetric survey, historical work also supports visitor-facing analyses and environmental investment projects for future coring of Linlithgow Loch to developments at a number inform issues of water quality and of our sites. Additionally, we source apportionment as part of provided small project grants for the on-going management plan. seven archaeological projects with a number of university and museum partners.

Historic Environment Scotland's Digital Documentation Team scanning Properties In Care Report 15 The Great Polish Map of Scotland. 4. PROTECT

PROTECTING THROUGH REGULATION, CONSERVATION AND INVESTMENT

Our regulation, conservation, 4.1 MANAGING THE As part of our on-going asset collection and investment PROPERTIES IN CARE management, and in response to activities ensure that Scotland’s our growing visitor numbers, we Both HES’s Asset Management historic environment is cared for implemented a ‘time ticketing’ Plan (AMP) and Investment Plan and protected. system and differential pricing were launched in February 2018. policy at Edinburgh Castle at The AMP for the PiCs details our This year we launched our Asset the end of 2017-18. Specified approach to delivering work at Management Plan and Investment entry-time on tickets and the the PiCs, which is driven by our Plan. We have invested in the financial incentive for visitors aim to deliver economic, social monuments themselves, and also to ‘advance purchase’ tickets and environmental benefits from in the digital solutions that are will allow us to better manage the PiCs without compromising helping us articulate their needs, visitors within the site. Managing their cultural significance and manage them better. In 2017- the flow of visitors throughout (historicenvironment.scot/asset- 18 we invested over £9 million in the site will help us reduce the managementplan-2018) and conservation and maintenance impact that visitors have on the directly mirrors our approach to directly support provision of physical condition of the building to prioritising investment as access to the Properties in Care. fabric (through reduced wear detailed in our Investment Plan Ensuring this investment delivers and tear), and help enhance the (historicenvironment.scot/ wider social and economic visitor experience by reducing investment-plan-2018) (Figure 6). benefits is central to ourAsset overcrowding at ‘pinch points’. Management Plan.

We put significant resource into the condition checking of our Collections, and continue to digitally document both objects and properties through our Rae Project.

Deliver conservation Understand and Deliver wider Maintain and enhance improvement and perpetuate cultural benefits and visitor experience infrastructure significance opportunities

Figure 6 – HES investment and asset management objectives.

16 Properties In Care Report 4.1.1 Conservation and Our Conservation Audits maintenance of the are conducted annually or Properties in Care bi-annually by our architects and This year we have continued provide an opportunity to take an holistic approach to assessing the to develop our HES‧SIGMA condition survey tool with our needs of the monument. These partners, the British Geological audits are used to identify the Survey (BGS), further refining immediate conservation priorities the functional capabilities of at the monuments and inform the system via development the conservation strategy for the and testing. We delivered 15 coming year(s). We completed surveys digitally (across 14 PiCs) 91 Conservation Audits across in 2017-18, which will provide the PiCs in 2017-18 (Figure 7). the foundations for more sophisticated surveys that will be delivered in 2018-19 (Figure 7).

Conservation work being undertaken at Linlithgow Palace.

Properties In Care Report 17 Conservation Audit

HES‧SIGMA Digitised Condition Survey Property in Care

Figure 7 – PiCs that underwent digital survey and/or Conservation Audit in 2017-18.

18 Properties In Care Report Our Estates teams delivered a total of 101 investment projects across multiple strands of our investment plan (Figure 8). Eighty-seven of these projects Conservation 61% related specifically to an Visitor facing enhancement 8% individual PiC, with the remaining Property 8% 12 being national, multi-site or Mechanical & electrical 12% depot focused; these investment PiC infrastructure 10% projects took place at 43 Corporate <1% different PiCs in 2017-18. This investment was prioritised in line with our works prioritisation process (as detailed in our AMP). There were 129 successful Figure 8 – Estates investment project spend against the HES applications for Scheduled investment framework. Monument Consent (SMC) across the PiCs in 2017-18 which allowed work to be planned and proceed.

Properties In Care Report 19 We spent £9 million to ensure access to the PiCs via their direct conservation, maintenance and management (Figure 9). Conservation & Maintenance 64% The delivery of our estates Rents, rates, utilities 13% projects against our resource Mechanical and electrical 11% prioritisation hierarchy is shown Compliance 9% in Figure 10 and investment per Operations 1.5% PiC is illustrated in Figure 11. Access & Communications 1.5%

Figure 9 – Investment related to conservation, maintenance and management of the PiCs. Note: in the 2016-17 report, mechanical & electrical was included under ‘compliance’.

H&S 53%

Regulatory Compliance 14%

Structural Stability 14%

Loss of Cultural Significance 10%

Maintain Access 3%

Enhance Access 5%

Figure 10 – Proportion of estates project investment spend against the resource prioritisation hierarchy. Note: as projects can contribute to more than one part of the hierarchy, for simplicity, only the highest level in the hierarchy is identified for prioritisation.

20 Properties In Care Report £100,000 + £50,000 + £25,000 + £10,000 + < £10,000 No Investment in 2017-18

Figure 11 – 2017-18 Investment at the Properties in Care. Sites marked as having ‘no investment’ still undergo regular routine maintenance checks.

Properties In Care Report 21 High Level Inspection

Rock Risk Inspection Property in Care

Figure 12 – PiCs that underwent high level inspection and/or rock risk inspection in 2017-18.

22 Properties In Care Report As detailed in our AMP for the inspection is conducted at sites PiCs, we continuously deliver where there are risks posed by an on-going programme of natural rock formations. We monitoring across our properties; delivered 77 high-level inspections this includes a number of and four rock risk inspections at different types of inspection, the the PiCs in 2017-18 (Figure 12). frequencies of which are driven by the individual needs and A new management system vulnerabilities of the monument. for recording, monitoring and High-level inspections are reporting of risk associated conducted at those monuments with high-level masonry where there is a risk of masonry and natural rock falls is (and other building fabric) falling currently being developed. from height, and an equivalent

Scientific investigation at Edinburgh Castle Portcullis Gate using groundProperties penetrating In Care Report radar. 23 4.1.2 Conservation and level design and development The Rae Project: we have maintenance systems work, and exploration of continued our work to deliver Properties in Care Asset dependencies with other the Rae Project, digitally Management System: this year corporate HES digital projects documenting the PiCs and we have made excellent progress enabling alignment of PiCAMS to associated collections. This to develop our Properties in our corporate digital strategies. year we began documentation Care Asset Management System on a further 29 sites and (PiCAMS), a large-scale digital Looking ahead, PiCAMS is completed documentation of transformation programme which being designed to incorporate 23 sites (Figure 13). In the past will support the delivery of all key existing systems, such as Building year we have increased the conservation business objectives. Information Modelling (BIM) and number of collections items HES‧SIGMA, realising the full digitally documented by 20, We appointed a new PiCAMS potential and value of our digital and we have added a further and Digital Systems Coordinator data holdings. We will begin 100 objects to our priorities and we started work on PiCAMS development of the core PiCAMS for digital documentation, baselining, the aim of which is portal with the in-house Agile which now totals 487. to enhance our understanding developer team in 2018. of the current datasets held across our conservation work, PiCAMS is an exciting opportunity mapping existing workflows, to bring together expertise from digital systems, applications, different areas of HES to work information and data flows. The together to shape our digital baselining project sets the scene future and improve conservation for the next steps, including high- operations at every level.

undocumented 178

<50% complete 44

50-90% complete 31

PROPERTIES >90% complete 80

undocumented 37,306

complete 200 / 487 OBJECTS 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Figure 13 – Measuring progress of the Rae Project. Dashed lines indicate status at the end of 2016-17.

24 Properties In Care Report Building Information Modelling 4.1.3 Standards and assurance insurance inspections. There (BIM): we continue to explore Significant progress has been are areas that still require work the opportunities presented by made in the management of and we will be developing these BIM for both project delivery compliance across all areas of during 2018-19. and asset management. We have estates operations during 2017- developed our BIM case studies; 18. This year we invested over Our on-going Visitor Safety Edinburgh Castle Palace Block, £870,000 in compliance-related Management Project led by the Engine Shed and Duff House. activity to ensure safe physical our Corporate Health, Fire and We have identified a number of access to the PiCs. Following Safety team has continued to priorities in relation to our work the expansion of our Estates assess and address risks at our on BIM. Over the next two years Compliance team last year, properties. At the end of March we aim to: we have been focused on the 2018 we have 35 risk assessments delivery of statutory compliance issued, and 11 in preparation. • deliver all capital construction across our properties. We have Of the currently outstanding projects from June 2018 at a made significant progress on risk assessments, none relate to minimum of BIM level 1 statutory testing in the areas of category A sites (highest priority • assess all current and Electrical Inspection Condition for risk assessment); 77% relate future capital construction Reports (EICR), boiler testing, to category C sites. projects >£2 million using fire alarm testing, emergency online Scottish Futures Trust lighting, water risk testing and (SFT) BIM grading tool, and implement BIM level 1 or 2 as specified • deliver an organisation-wide BIM communication and training plan • implement proportionate asset-specific information security management processes.

Properties In Care Report 25 Architectural Social, Industrial Archaeology Archives 37% and Maritime 15% 11% 20%

Militaria Fine and Sculptural stones Other 8% Decorative Art 3% 1% 5% Figure 14 – HES Collections.

4.2 MANAGING AND Understanding our Collections the past year through routine PROVIDING ACCESS TO via object documentation is the collections management first step in caring for them. operations such as Scheme of OUR COLLECTIONS Significant progress has been Delegation condition checking, Our Collection is made up of a made in the documentation of collection audits and tracking diverse range of objects from the associated collections (Figure object movements. This was a archaeological settlements, 15). This year the size of the 65% increase in the number of castles, abbeys, historic houses documented collection increased updates recorded in 2016-2017. and industrial sites in our care by 12% relative to the previous (Figure 14) – including many year, from 33,499 to 37,506 In 2017-18 we borrowed 2,647 of Scotland’s most culturally object records. A total of 2,247 objects from others via 12 significant objects. This large object records were entered inward loans, and shared 18 of and diverse collection provides on the Vernon Collections our objects with museums via a key source of evidence for Management System to a fully two outward loans for specific understanding and appreciating catalogued standard bringing exhibitions; 16 of these objects our properties and everyday life the total of fully catalogued have gone to the Nanjing and key events in Scotland’s past. records to 24,526, representing Museum, China to be part of the 65% of the collection. 18,684 ‘Romantic Scotland’ exhibition. object records were updated in

26 Properties In Care Report Protecting our Collections the Scheme of Delegation for the requires investment and associated collections, meaning planning. This year we that 47% of our collections invested £423,000 managing now have up-to-date condition the collections (Figure 16); assessments compared with £183,000 (43%) of this was 36% last year; appendix B dedicated to collections care provides a breakdown of our and conservation. We checked progress to date in delivery the condition of 5,673 objects of condition checking under at 63 PiCs this year in line with the Scheme of Delegation for the methods established under the Associated Collections.

The Engine Shed. Properties In Care Report 27 Catalogue Inventory 2017/18 37,506 Objects documented Standard Standard

2016/17 33,499

2017/18 18,684 Records updated

2016/17 12,163

2017/18 4,007 Records added

2016/17 1,636

Figure 15 – Progress in documentation of the associated collections from 2016-17 to 2017-18.

Remedial conservation 26% Presentation 23% Assessment 12% Preventive conservation 10% Collections care 7% Loans management 5% Other collections activity 17%

Figure 16 – 2017-18 Investment associated with management of the collections.

28 Properties In Care Report We have continued to work and virtual access. In 2017-18, access to those who cannot on our salvage planning; we we have had 49% (18,226 physically access the collections, implemented seven new salvage objects) of our collection on and allows us to provide plans this year, bringing our public display, this is an increase access to delicate objects in total to 21, and we have a further on last year. Additionally, we the collection via the use of nine currently in preparation have added a further 677 virtual and augmented reality, that we are aiming to have objects to our website to as well as 3D printed objects. implemented by the end of provide the opportunity to 2018-19. These plans will be learn about, and engage with, This year we achieved periodically reviewed and revised the collection more closely. Independent Museum Authority to take account of changes such status; details of museum as the movement of objects. Two hundred of our objects accreditation at the PiCs can have now been documented as be found in Section 6.5. Providing access to our part of our Rae Project, which collections includes physical plays a big role in providing

Pointcloud image of Tantallon Castle.

Properties In Care Report 29 5. VALUE

PROMOTING VALUE THROUGH LEARNING, OUTREACH AND SKILL-SHARING

Our education, learning, outreach 5.1 PROVIDING ACCESS We experienced our highest and skill-sharing activities TO THE PROPERTIES ever visitor numbers this year, promote the value of the historic with over 5 million visitors to IN CARE environment and ensure that it is the staffed sites. Our most celebrated and enjoyed. As part of the Year of History, visited sites remain the same Heritage and Archaeology, in as last year; Edinburgh Castle, 2017 celebrated the Year September 2017 we announced Stirling Castle, Urquhart Castle of History, Heritage and an extension to the seasonal and Glasgow Cathedral. A Archaeology, and 2018, the opening of our summer-only sites, number of our sites saw a large Year of Young People. Through which welcomed visitors until increase in visitor numbers our investment plan projects, 31st October, and to celebrate compared with last year. Our we have made improvements the Year of Young People in 2018 ‘top 4’ had the largest increases to the visitor experience across we teamed up with Young Scot in visitors by number; these our estate. to offer a reduced entry price of are followed by Doune Castle £1 for cardholders. and Skara Brae, highlighting We continue to engage with a the continuing impact of the diverse range of communities We carried out more ‘Outlander effect’, and the and groups, and reduce barriers conservation work this year impact of cruise liners on visitor to access across our sites, but through extended seasonal numbers to Orkney. Some of the ensuring that our properties and opening and improved staffing, smaller sites also experienced a collections can be enjoyed by all. we maintained access levels significant increase in visitors; from 2016-17; sites were open for Threave Castle, Kildrummy 98% of their advertised opening Castle, Bonawe Iron Furnace and time. Overall, we provided Aberdour Castle all experienced 624 additional days of access significant proportional compared to 2016-17. increases relative to 2016-17 visitor numbers.

30 Properties In Care Report Promoting the value of the historic environment through learning activities. Properties In Care Report 31 5.2 ENGAGEMENT We have increased our multi- provided 434 Living History and Performance days across This year we provided formal and sensory activities as part of our our staffed sites, in addition informal learning opportunities annual events programme and to the daily offer at Stirling for 118,108 participants of all we introduced our first British Castle. Sixty-one per cent of our ages through access schemes Sign Language-guided tour at visitors to our ‘top tier’ events at and a high-quality programme Edinburgh Castle. Additionally, Caerlaverock Castle, Dumbarton of activities and partnership we have new family-focused Castle, Fort George and projects at the PiCs; this interpretation at Blackness Linlithgow Palace this year were represents a 14% increase on Castle, Craigmillar Castle and members, indicating an on-going 2016-17. Our educational visits to Tantallon Castle. demand for such activities. Edinburgh Castle increased by 21% on last year’s figure; a total 5.3 ENHANCING THE In 2017-18, 405 volunteers of 41,725 individuals benefitted VISITOR EXPERIENCE provided a total of 7,740 hours from these activities. In 2017-18 we made to HES, an increase from 317 improvements to the visitor individuals in 2016-17. Of these At our PiCs we provided experience via investment individuals, 347 provided their opportunities for over 300 projects, as well as through our time to enhance the visitor groups from diverse sectors on-going ‘business as usual’ experience at the PiCs; a total including Young Carers, Autism upgrades. We made upgrades of 3,660 hours were dedicated Lothian, Deaf Action, North to our interpretation offer at 65 specifically to providing tours, Lanarkshire Syrian Refugee PiCs and improved directional support at events and helping Support, Chernobyl Children’s and behaviour signage at 71 PiCs; conserve the landscape of our Lifeline, Highland Youth Art and 29,810 visitor guides/translation PiCs, this is an increase of 1,933 the Environment and Forestry leaflets were sold and 431,424 hours compared with last year. Outdoor Learning Group; these audio guides were issued, both learning groups visited 68 contributing to a positive, more We have continued to engage different PiCs. Our sites often act inclusive, visitor experience. with organisations, community as a safe learning environment groups and individuals to to user groups with additional We continued to deliver increase access to, and enhance support needs, promoting well- an exceptionally popular the visitor experience at our PiCs being as well as learning. programme of events across (Figure 17). our staffed sites. We expanded We implemented a number of our popular Jousting event to measures to reduce barriers to cover Caerlaverock Castle as access at sites and have updated well as Linlithgow Palace and as our Access Guide. We now have a result, increased our audience 24 sites with foreign language to 15,359 people; this represents provision and will continue to a 31% increase in attendance roll-out our foreign language on last year’s figure. We also interpretation programme.

32 Properties In Care Report Engaged with 30 Destination Management Organisations, seven Trails & Pilgrim routes and seven Business Improvement Districts

Facilitated 70 Community Worked in partnership Events and with community based Key Religious Services Keepers and Partnership at PiCs that are Site Organisations to not active places support visitor access and of worship engagement at 56 sites

Engaged with Introduced our over 120 groups first British throughout the year Sign Language including friends groups, societies, tour at special interest Edinburgh Castle groups and trusts

Provided augmented reality and virtual reality experiences at our Antonine Wall sites and Maes Howe

Figure 17 – Access and engagement at the PiCs.

Properties In Care Report 33 6. PERFORM

A HIGH-PERFORMING ORGANISATION, IMPROVING THE WAY WE WORK AND THE QUALITY OF THE SERVICE WE PROVIDE

We aim to continuously 6.1 THE IMPACT OF improve the way we work OUR INVESTMENT and the quality of service we 6.1.1 Economic impacts provide to ensure we are a high performing organisation HES’s PiCs generated over that can demonstrate £600 million (net) for Scotland’s delivery of our objectives. tourism economy in 2017-18 (provisional estimate1) – a This year we welcomed a 15% increase on 2016-17 and record number of visitors – a continuing the year-on-year reflection of our commitment growth trend since 2012 (Figure to improving performance. We 18). The sites attract visitors to have supported jobs across spend in local shops, restaurants, Scotland through our use of local hotels and other leisure services contractors, and our sites provide when they would otherwise not intangible benefits associated have been in the area, or spent with health and wellbeing. less there. This expenditure supports an estimated 16,600 Our people are one of our most direct FTE jobs across Scotland. valuable assets, and key in our 1 Estimate is based on 2017-18 footfall and continued success. This year 2016 impact-per-head figures. A revised we continued to invest in staff estimate based on 2017 impact-per-head figures will be available on the website development, focusing on a from September 2018. The full method for range of areas including mental derivation of these impacts is available at https://www.historicenvironment.scot/ health and wellbeing, health and archives-and-research/our-research/ safety and customer service. statistics-and-analysis/#projects_tab

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34 Properties In Care Report Conservation works are critical been lost, including Urquhart In 2017-18 HES spent £23.5 to sustaining this tourism Castle (£70 million), Doune million with suppliers and impact, ensuring that key sites Castle (£16 million) and Inchcolm contractors based in Scotland. remain open to visitors and Abbey (£4 million). In other Our conservation teams spent meet statutory requirements. cases, potential future closures £10.9 million of this, which helps If parts of a site have to be have been deferred, such as at support the continuation of closed off, admission price is Dundonald Castle: an unstaffed traditional skills and materials typically reduced cutting HES’s site which is estimated to have use in the wider sector. income. However, if a site faces generated over £100,000 for the total closure the total tourism region’s economy, most of which impact to the local area is will have been captured in the potentially lost. immediate area.

In 2017-18, thirteen PiCs would Addressing these critical have faced longer-term full conservation issues has enabled closure if critical conservation continued growth in tourism works had not taken place. impact over the past 5 years, These sites generated just under and provided the platform £100 million for their regional necessary to achieve HES’s economies last year, which further growth forecasts. would otherwise likely have

Visitors at Linlithgow Palace. Properties In Care Report 35 6.1.2 Social impacts 6.2 INVESTING IN specifically for front-line staff Thirty-one per cent of our OUR PEOPLE of visitor attractions. This investment associated with programme combines the For the staff working on or delivery of Estates projects at expertise of VisitScotland’s at our monuments, we aim to PiCs in 2017-18 was on sites in Visitor Attraction Quality provide continuous opportunity areas with average to high levels Scheme with the ‘Welcome to for skills and knowledge of deprivation (SIMD ≤5th decile). Excellence’ training programmes. development. Many of our sites Maintaining access to sites in Additionally, 58 attended can provide the environment in these areas provides valuable disability awareness training, which do this, however, we offer intangible opportunities and and 36 attended Selling Skills additional opportunity through benefits such as the positive training. We will continue to a centralised training budget impact on wellbeing. roll out training in these areas and via our Engine Shed APD in in 2018-19. Technical Building Conservation, The intangible benefits of our both of which can complement investment are wide ranging. Staff attended 60.5 days of site based learning. In total, 968 We are continuing to develop training workshops specifically days of training were delivered to our investment prioritisation related to mental and physical these staff across a range of skills methodologies to incorporate the health and wellbeing this year. in the 2017-18 period (Figure 19). wider benefits and opportunities This underlines our commitment of the work we deliver so we can to foster a safe and welcoming We are continually working to maximise the wider benefits of working environment for improve the visitor experience our investment. our staff. at our sites. By the end of 2017- 18, 165 of our site-based Visitor Of the 2017-18 training provision, Operations staff had undergone 45 training days were provided training in ‘Exceeding Visitor to apprentices; this is in addition Expectations’, a customer to their on-site learning and time service training course designed at college.

Health & Safety, 352.5 Customer Service, 286 Management, 123.5 Technical/specialist conservation, 108 Wellbeing, 60.5 Corporate, 37.5

Figure 19 – 2017-18 training provision (days).

36 Properties In Care Report 6.3 DRIVING OPERATIONAL • following a review of the • we have produced a EFFICIENCY management structures and Collections Information operational delivery models in Resource Pack. This pack Over the past year we have place at Edinburgh Castle and has been compiled to give made a number of changes to Stirling Castle, a new region our Visitor Operations our processes and practices to was created for Stirling. This staff based at sites general improve on operational efficiency: saw the creation of a new information and best-practice Regional Works Manager guidance on how to look • a Head of National (RWM) post covering all sites after the collections held Operations was appointed across the district at the properties. The pack to oversee the work of the has been provided along regional compliance teams • we implemented changes with a site-specific cleaning and ensure their fulfilment of to the Visitor Operations kit so staff can care for the functions under the Scheme management teams collections at their sites using of Delegation, as well as at Edinburgh Castle the appropriate tools and working to ensure national and Stirling Castle, and techniques. Deployment of consistency in our approach restructured other areas the resource pack allows us to construction management, of our Visitor Operations to use our staff resources staff training, apprentice team, as part of continuous more efficiently, and focus management, property asset improvement in line with our specialist Collections staff management etc. business needs, ensuring the appropriate management on the areas where there is • a Digital Systems and PiCAMS resource was put in place greatest need. The resource Co-ordinator was appointed to grow our business and pack, and the associated to develop and embed support our teams process have been rolled out new digital technology and across 25 of our sites. systems into our estates • we expanded our learning operations. This role is key in and inclusion provision via the delivery of our bespoke the integration of staff from Asset Management System SCRAN. This has allowed for (PiCAMS) that will improve regionally focused teams to consistency in recording and be created. The alignment reporting of our operations of the teams in this way will across the estate. A new enable creative working and Project Manager will soon be close collaboration with other joining the PiCAMS team to teams across HES and with help deliver digital projects external partners (work-streams), such as HES‧SIGMA, CAFM, and BIM

Properties In Care Report 37 6.4 WORKING WITH 6.5 PEER REVIEW Members of the panel are invited to attend nine site visits OUR PARTNERS The first meeting of our Peer per year to assess the delivery In October 2017, we appointed Review Panel took place in of HES projects, and meet a Director of Development October 2017. The panel is a quarterly to review the reports and Partnership. This new group of representatives from that detail the findings of these directorate will focus on a the major heritage organisations visits. Visits that took place in number of areas including across the British Isles as well as 2017-18 are detailed in Table 1. community engagement, a number of experts from private The peer review panel have international working and practice, and is chaired by a provided valuable observations partnerships, bringing more member of the HES Board. The and recommendations to help of a corporate focus and panel act as an advisory forum us improve our operations and consistent approach to our providing quality assurance to processes, with particular focus involvement in these activities. the HES Board by assessing on adherence to our conservation and reporting on the quality of principles and standards, and In addition to the partnerships we HES estate-based conservation maximise the wider benefits build around the work we do at activity. The aim of the panel of the work we deliver. the PiCs, we have also engaged is to review our operations with a wide range of partners in to establish if they have been An annual report on this relation to our wider operations. delivered in line with our AMP, process will be published The Engine Shed has provided a measuring us against the upon completion of one hub from which to engage with criteria set in our conservation year of the review; this will our stakeholders. This year our standards and principles, as form part of the 2018-19 conservation staff provided over required in fulfilment of the Properties in Care Report. 400 staff hours to stakeholder Scheme of Delegation. engagement at the Engine Shed, equating to an in-kind contribution of over £14,500; this activity represents only part of the engagement work HES do.

WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN ATTAINING INDEPENDENT MUSEUM AUTHORITY STATUS

38 Properties In Care Report Table 1 – 2017-18 meetings and site visits of the Peer Review panel.

# OF PEER REVIEW DATE EVENT VENUE/LOCATION FOCUS OF REVIEW ATTENDEES

31/10/17 Meeting Engine Shed N/A 7

12/01/18 Site Visit Kinneil House Orchard Wall Rebuild 2

23/01/18 Site Visit Duff House CCTV & Security Upgrade 3

30/01/18 Site Visit Dunkeld Cathedral Conservation Works South Nave & Aisle 2

27/02/18 Meeting Engine Shed N/A 8

Visitors at Threave Castle.

Properties In Care Report 39 In relation to our Collections, our In June 2017 we were successful Table 2 details the sites at which mechanism for peer review is our in attaining Independent Museum accreditation has been awarded Museum Accreditation process. Authority status. At the end of up until March 31st 2018, and the year we had achieved full those sites for which eligibility Accreditation of our sites accreditation for three of our was granted in 2017-18. starts with an eligibility sites. We plan to submit a further application then, if eligible, a full six sites for eligibility assessment Additionally, our archives application followed by a site in 2018-19, and hope to have achieved Archive Service assessment visit by Museums achieved full accreditation for Accreditation, becoming one of Galleries Scotland, and finally five sites by the end of 2018-19. only seven archives in Scotland a formal Assessment Panel to be awarded this status. for peer review convened by Arts Council England.

Table 2 – Progress in achieving Museum Accreditation for the associated collections.

ACCREDITATION ACCREDITATION AWARD FULL SITE STATUS NO. DATE SUBMISSION

Historic Environment Scotland Museum Authority - 21-Jun-17 -

Duff House Fully Accredited 1915 05-Oct-17 -

Melrose Abbey Commendator’s Fully Accredited 2072 05-Oct-17 - House Museum

Skara Brae visitor centre Fully Accredited 2073 05-Oct-17 -

Iona Abbey Museum Pending outcome - - 2017-18

Jedburgh Abbey visitor centre Pending outcome - - 2017-18

Urquhart Castle Pending outcome - - 2017-18

Meigle Museum Pending outcome - - 2017-18

St Vigeans Museum Pending outcome - - 2017-18

Caerlaverock Castle Eligible for accreditation - - 2017-18

St Andrews Cathedral Eligible for accreditation - - 2018-19

40 Properties In Care Report Aerial view of Caerlaverock Castle.

Properties In Care Report 41 7. CONSERVATION CHALLENGES

UNDERSTANDING OUR CHALLENGES AND PLANNING AHEAD

We continue to face a number 7.1 A CHANGING CLIMATE for on-going maintenance. We of challenges whilst caring for This past year there have been must plan ahead and anticipate our monuments. The changing some notable extreme weather the potential impacts of the climate, increasing visitor events. The tail end of hurricane changing climate on our valued numbers and sourcing of Ophelia in October 2017 and buildings and landscapes. indigenous materials continue the ‘Beast from the East’ in to impact on our operations. spring 2018, show that our Our Climate Change Risk climate is becoming ever more Assessment of the Properties in In 2017-18 we have made notable volatile. The knock-on effects Care published in January 2018 progress in understanding of these changes in our climate has added a valuable layer to our these challenges, and we will are two-fold; there is a need prioritisation by identifying those start to use this knowledge to for immediate remedial works sites at highest risk from natural better protect and conserve following these extreme events, hazards. This study represents our Properties in Care. but also a growing demand for the first step in a comprehensive on-going routine maintenance. and on-going exercise to understand, monitor and manage In 2017-18 we undertook environmental risk to our Estate. more planned conservation It is part of on-going work works than in previous years. to develop best practice and This allowed us to address a integrate climate change actions number of areas of concern to into our operations, in line with prevent potential site closures. the Public Bodies Duties under In 2017-18 we delivered work the Climate Change (Scotland) across multiple strands of our Act 2009 and Climate Ready investment framework including Scotland: Scottish Climate conservation, infrastructure Change Adaptation Programme. and mechanical and electrical This study has provided us with a improvements. Our larger- baseline from which to focus our scale projects help improve the efforts, using the most effective resilience of our properties, but and appropriate approaches do not negate the requirement to increase resilience at our vulnerable sites.

42 Properties In Care Report 7.2 MANAGING THE 7.3 ENSURING WE apprentices in rural areas, as CONSEQUENCES HAVE THE SKILLS AND well as scoping out the skills base in the region to identify OF SUCCESS MATERIALS REQUIRED gaps and opportunities 2017-18 was the busiest year yet at We recognise the value of amongst contractors. our PiCs. A more diverse audience skilled craftspeople and the than ever before is learning about use of traditional materials in In relation to indigenous Scotland’s history, valuing the caring for our historic built materials, and with a view to historic environment by accessing assets, and our support of this is creating enterprise in the area, our PiCs and collections. However, evident throughout this report. work to assess the potential we need to be aware of the Having directly employed 39 supply of stone and timber from effect that our growing visitor apprentices across a range the area will be undertaken, numbers have on the fabric of our of trades and vocations this working in collaboration buildings, and the ‘wear and tear’ year, and supported a further with the British Geological that results from this success. 19 private sector apprentices Society (BGS) and Forestry through our stonemasonry Commission Scotland (FCS). Monitoring changes in visitor training facilities, we are numbers and flow is easier at keen to build upon this and This work will help us to some sites than others. At our investigate other opportunities determine what activities are staffed sites we can monitor for fostering traditional skills. feasible in the rural economy, visitor numbers closely and stay and in turn can inform activity on top of trends, anticipating With this in mind, 2017-18 saw in other regions with similar where additional maintenance the investment of £150,000 challenges. These challenges may be required. We have in a new initiative for skills must be addressed now to introduced a timed ticketing development in traditional ensure the continuance of system for online ticket construction methods and traditional skills and knowledge. purchases at Edinburgh Castle, materials use in Argyll. Working By promoting an awareness of our busiest site; this aims to with our partners Highlands & the historic environment and regulate visitor entry and alleviate Islands Enterprise, this project the challenges faced in caring congestion within the Castle. seeks to enhance access to for it, we hope to play our part training opportunities for young in stimulating demand for these To improve our understanding of people considering traditional skills and materials, encouraging visitor numbers and flow at some construction as a career route, economic development and of our unstaffed remote sites, we and for more experienced people enhancing the circular economy. are working with a Scottish-based looking to strengthen their technology startup company skills in particular disciplines. to develop new visitor counters that meet the connectivity As part of this project, we have challenges at our remote sites. appointed a Traditional Skills This technology will provide us and Materials Project Manager with a clearer picture of visitor for Argyll and Bute. This role interest in our unstaffed PiCs, and will develop innovative training allow us to manage these remote models for traditional skills sites at a more strategic level.

Properties In Care Report 43 APPENDIX A. 2017-18 DESIGNATION CHANGES TO THE PROPERTIES IN CARE

Table 3 – Designation changes to the PiCs.

Completion Property in Care Changes to designation Current designation date St Andrews Cathedral De-listed Scheduled Monument 28/02/2018 Aberdour Castle De-listed Scheduled Monument 03/04/2017 Affleck Castle De-listed Scheduled Monument 17/01/2018 Arbroath Abbey De-listed Scheduled Monument 21/02/2018 Ardclach Bell Tower De-scheduled Listed Building 23/11/2017 Barochan Cross De-scheduled Listed Building 12/01/2018 Beauly Priory De-listed Scheduled Monument 12/03/2018 Blackness Castle De-listed Scheduled Monument 25/10/2017 Amendment to scheduling Listed Building New Listings: Officer’s Quarters and Barrack Blocks Brechin Round Tower De-list Round Tower Scheduled Monument 16/03/2018 Cambuskenneth Abbey De-listed Scheduled Monument 28/04/2017 Amendment to scheduling Carsluith Castle Amendment to listing Scheduled Monument 10/05/2017 Crossraguel Abbey De-listed Scheduled Monument 20/03/2018 De-listed Scheduled Monument 25/01/2018 Drumcoltran Castle De-listed Scheduled Monument 30/05/2017 (Tower) Dryburgh Abbey De-listed Scheduled Monument 27/06/2017 Amendment to scheduling with new exclusions Dumbarton Castle De-listed Scheduled Monument 16/03/2018 Dundonald Castle De-listed Scheduled Monument 21/08/2017 Amendment to scheduling De-listed Scheduled Monument 15/12/2017 Amendment to scheduling Dunfermline Abbey Multiple Actions (See Decision Portal) Scheduled Monument 24/07/2017 Gatehouse de-listed Amendment to listing (Nave) De-listed (Palace, Frater Range) Eassie Cross Slab De-listed Scheduled Monument 22/02/2018 Corstorphine Doocot De-scheduled Listed building 14/03/2018 Fortose Cathedral De-listed (Chapter House) Scheduled Monument 31/01/2018 Glasgow Cathedral Amendment to listing Scheduled Monument 30/06/2017 Listed Building Glenbuchat Castle De-listed Scheduled Monument 10/08/2017 Amendment to scheduling Scheduled Monument 28/04/2017 St Mary’s Church, De-schedule Listed Building 11/05/2017 Grandtully Amend Listing St Martin’s Church, De-listed Scheduled Monument 16/03/2018 Haddington

44 Properties In Care Report Completion Property in Care Changes to designation Current designation date Inchcolm Abbey De-listed Scheduled Monument 28/04/2017 Amendment to scheduling New Listing: Visitor Centre and Generator House (former engine houses) New Listing: Custodian’s House and Well Hut Kilwinning Abbey De-listed Scheduled Monument 12/01/2018 Kinkell Church De-listed Scheduled Monument 25/01/2018 Kinneil House De-scheduled Listed Building 03/08/2017 New Listing: James Watt Cottage and De-listed Scheduled Monument 03/08/2017 Precinct Amendment to scheduling Listed Building Amendment to listing (Commendator’s House) Muthill Old Church and De-listed Scheduled Monument 30/05/2017 Tower Amendment to scheduling Preston Cross De-listed Scheduled Monument 20/03/2018 St Clement’s Church, De-schedule monument Listed Building 23/06/2017 Rodel Retain listing Ruthven Barracks De-listed Scheduled Monument 09/03/2018 Ruthwell Cross De-schedule monument Listed Building 12/01/2018 West Port, St Andrews De-listed Scheduled Monument 20/03/2018 St Bride’s Chapel Amendment to scheduling Scheduled Monument 03/08/2017 St Bridget’s Kirk De-listed Scheduled Monument 17/01/2018 St Mary’s Church, De-listed Scheduled Monument 30/01/2018 Auchindoir St Ninian’s Chapel De-listed Scheduled Monument 20/04/2017 Amendment to scheduling De-listed Scheduled Monument 20/03/2018 Tarves Tomb De-listed Scheduled Monument 16/02/2018 Tomnaverie Stone Circle Amendment to scheduling Scheduled Monument 25/04/2017 Torphichen Perceptory De-listed Scheduled Monument 13/03/2018 Wanlockhead Beam Amendment to scheduling Scheduled Monument 22/08/2017 Engine Westquarter Dovecot De-schedule monument Listed Building 03/11/2017 Biggar Gasworks De-schedule monument Listed Building 24/01/2018 New Abbey Corn Mill De-schedule monument Listed Building 30/11/2017 Amend Listed Building record Dallas Dhu Distillery De-schedule monument Listed Building 23/01/2018 Bridge of Oich, De-schedule monument Listed Building 24/08/2017 Suspension Bridge Kinnaird Head Castle and De-listed (Wine Tower) Scheduled Monument 11/07/2017 Lighthouse Amendment to scheduling Listed Building Amendment to listing Details can be found on the HES Heritage Portal: http://portal.historicenvironment.scot

Properties In Care Report 45 APPENDIX B. CONDITION CHECKING OF THE ASSOCIATED COLLECTIONS Table 4 – Number of objects condition checked in 2017-18 and overall proportion of objects condition checked in line with Scheme of Delegation requirements at end 2017-18.

Property # objects condition % of collection condition in Care checked in 2017-18 checked to date Aberdour Castle 69% Abernethy Round Tower 100% Antonine Wall 0% Antonine Wall – Bearsden Bath-house 0% Arbroath Abbey 145 36% Ardchattan Priory 0% Argyll's Lodging 47% Arnol Blackhouse No. 39 94% Arnol Blackhouse No. 42 2 82% Balvaird Castle 100% Balvenie Castle 89% Beauly Priory 0% Biggar Gasworks 11% Bishop's and Earl's Palace, Kirkwall 1 50% Blackness Castle 4 9% Bonawe Iron Furnace 77% Bothwell Castle 97% Broch Of Gurness 87 93% Brough Of Birsay 12 80% Broughty Castle 100% Cadzow Castle 0% Caerlaverock Castle 3 18% Cambuskenneth Abbey 97% Cardoness Castle 1 50% Carnasserie Castle 0% Castle Campbell 2% Castle of Old Wick 100% Castle Sween 6% Clackmannan Tower 0% Claypotts Castle 100% Click Mill, Dounby 8 100% Clickimin Broch 92% Corgarff Castle 268 99% Craigmillar Castle 88% Craignethan Castle 8 5% Crichton Castle 100% Crookston Castle 0% Crosskirk, Peebles 11 100% Crossraguel Abbey 0% Abbey 100%

46 Properties In Care Report Property # objects condition % of collection condition in Care checked in 2017-18 checked to date Dallas Dhu Distillery 581 90% Deer Abbey 93% Dirleton Castle 56% Doune Castle and Roman Camp 94% Dryburgh Abbey 280 60% Duff House 3 26% Duffus Castle 10 100% Dumbarton Castle 3 53% Dunadd Hill Fort 0% Dunblane Cathedral 39 90% Dundrennan Abbey 582 99% Dunfermline Abbey Palace & Nave 0% Dunglass Collegiate Church 100% Dunkeld Cathedral 79% Dunstaffnage Castle 25% Dunstaffnage Chapel 100% Dyce Symbol Stones 100% Edinburgh Castle 19 48% Edzell Castle 54 88% Eileach an Naoimh 0% Elcho Castle 100% Elgin Cathedral 12 14% Eynhallow Church 0% Fort Charlotte 72% Fort George 23 24% Fortrose Cathedral 1 82% Foulden Tithe Barn 100% Fowlis Wester Cross Slab 50% Glasgow Cathedral 953 66% Glenbuchat Castle 0% Glenluce Abbey 3 1% Hackness Battery & Martello Tower 1 2% Hailes Castle 92% Hermitage Castle & Chapel 51 94% Holyrood Abbey 1 88% Holyrood Park 3% Huntingtower Castle 0% Huntly Castle 41% Inchcolm Abbey 60% Inchkenneth Chapel 0%

Properties In Care Report 47 Property # objects condition % of collection condition in Care checked in 2017-18 checked to date Inchmahome Priory 5% Innerpeffray Chapel 100% Inverlochy Castle 0% Iona Abbey 174 80% Jarlshof 97% Jedburgh Abbey 443 47% Keills Chapel & Cross 0% Kelso Abbey 17 74% Kilberry Sculptured Stones 0% Kilchurn Castle 0% Kildalton Cross 0% Kildrummy Castle 32 94% Kilmartin Sculptured Stones 0% Kilmodan Sculptured Stones 9% Kilmory Knap Chapel 0% Kilwinning Abbey 0% King's Knot 0% Kinkell Church 100% Kinnaird Head Castle Lighthouse 465 95% and Wine Tower Kinneil House 72% Kirkmadrine Stones 11 80% Kisimul Castle 19% Lincluden Collegiate Church 0% Lindsay Burial Aisle 6 100% Links of Noltland 0% Linlithgow Palace, Peel & Park 104 30% Lochleven Castle 40% Lochranza Castle 0% MacLellan's Castle 0% Maybole Collegiate Church 0% Meigle Stones (& Museum) 29 74% Melrose Abbey & Precinct 1 15% Mid Howe Broch 0% Mousa Broch 100% Muness Castle 100% Ness of Burgi 1 100% New Abbey Corn Mill 27% Newark Castle 0% Orchardton Tower 10 100%

48 Properties In Care Report Property # objects condition % of collection condition in Care checked in 2017-18 checked to date Peel Ring of Lumphanan 100% Ravenscraig Castle 1 7% Restenneth Priory 11 92% Ring of Brodgar 1 100% Rothesay Castle 1 91% Ruthwell Cross 0% Scotstarvit Tower 100% Seton Collegiate Church 96% Skara Brae 189 89% Skelmorlie Aisle 0% Skipness Castle 33% Smailholm Tower 98% Spynie Palace 1 2% St Andrews Castle 18% St Andrews Cathedral 187 67% St Blane's Church 1 50% St Bride's Church 11% St Clement's Church, Rodel 3 38% St Machar's Cathedral Transepts 35 100% St Mary's Chapel, Rothesay 100% St Mary's Church, Grandtully 100% St Peter's Church, Duffus 9 33% St Serf's Church, Dunning 88% St Triduana's Aisle 100% St Vigean's Stones (& Museum) 41 98% Stanley Mills 1 10% Stirling Castle 1 64% Sunnybrae Cottage 0% Sweetheart Abbey & Precinct Walls 44% Tantallon Castle 14 81% Tarves Tomb 0% Threave Castle 20 100% Tolquhon Castle 24 89% Tomnaverie Stone Circle 84 85% Tormiston Mill 1 1% Torphichen Preceptory 0%

Trinity House 487 60% Urquhart Castle 21 56% Whithorn Crosses (& Museum) 81 40%

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