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Come face to face with history this Easter | Historic Scotland
3+ hour, 33+ min ago (140+ words) Living History encounters provide fun for all the family (L-R) Emily, James and Talia are greeted by a Queen's Lady and Robert the Bruce This Easter weekend Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is inviting visitors to iconic heritage sites across Scotland…...
Doors reopen to some of Scotland's iconic historic sites | Historic Scotland
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (161+ words) Island priory where Alexander I sought solace amongst over 40 historic sites across Scotland set to re-open More than40 historic seasonal sites across the country will reopen to visitors from Wednesday 1 April, as Historic Environment Scotland (HES) marks the start of its…...
Apprentice encourages young people to join him in the heritage sector | HistEnvScot
1+ week, 1+ day ago (396+ words) Dumfries apprentice invites locals to help protect Scotland's heritage as new stonemasonry apprenticeships open After completing his first year of training, apprentice stonemason and Dumfries local Kody Burns is on a mission to inspire young people across Scotland to consider…...
£19.5m funding to support heritage projects in Scotland’s cities
1+ week, 2+ day ago (362+ words) Up to "19.5 million is set to be made available to Scotland's cities for heritage projects as part of a wider funding package from Historic Environment Scotland (HES). The funding package will be distributed through Scotland's City Heritage Trusts and will…...
Summer events taking place at historic sites across Scotland
2+ week, 3+ day ago (298+ words) Over 2,000 years of history feature in this year's family-friendly programme of daytime events Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is announcing its summer events programme today (Monday 16 March), with events taking place at iconic heritage sites across'the country.' Also taking place'across a…...
Iconic Glasgow restaurant which houses Alasdair Gray artworks could be recognised with listed status | HistEnvScot
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (370+ words) Historic Environment Scotland is seeking views on a proposal to list the Ubiquitous Chip in Glasgow's west end at Category B A Glasgow restaurant famous for its links to the artistic and cultural community of the city's west-end, and in…...