The Piper Alpha Memorial commemorates the 167 men killed in the Piper Alpha Disaster of 1988 – the world's worst offshore oil and gas disaster. It was produced by the artist Sue Jane Taylor following a commission by the Memorial Committee. The memorial was unveiled in 1991 as the centrepiece of a large formal rose garden in Hazlehead Park, Aberdeen. The garden was...
Closed 5 September 2023
The sector is facing increasing challenges in regards to accessing skills provision. As an employer or organisation in the heritage sector, we want your views on the skills and workforce challenges your organisation is facing, and the solutions your organisation needs. The Skills Investment Plan for the Historic Environment (SIP) was developed and published in 2019...
Closed 31 August 2023
West Lothian Council has asked us to designate Livingston skatepark as a listed building . Listing the site would not prevent it being used as a skatepark. It would ensure that its importance is taken into account in future decisions about its management. To help inform our assessment, we are gathering comments and information from people who know and use the...
Closed 18 May 2023
The left foot of the Gulliver Sculpture is among the last remains of an enormous concrete human figure play sculpture, conceived and completed between 1976 and 1978 for the Craigmillar Festival Society. Gulliver was largely demolished in 2011. We are proposing to list the surviving remnant of the Gulliver Sculpture in Hunter's Hall Park, Edinburgh, at Category C ...
Closed 11 May 2023
At Historic Environment Scotland we are continually trying to improve all aspects of training and development. As part of this process we need your feedback. This questionnaire should take approximately 20 minutes to complete.
Closed 23 April 2023
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From 11 April to 18 May 2023, Historic Environment Scotland (HES) asked for comments and information on Livingston ‘Livi’ Skatepark to help inform our assessment of the skatepark for listing.
A building may become listed if it is of special architectural and historic interest. Our selection guidance for designation and the policies we work to are published in the Designations Policy and Selection Guidance document.
This is the first time we have been asked to list a skatepark, and we were keen to hear from people who know and use Livi Skatepark, and/or have a view on its design, history and significance.
We are delighted to have received 557 responses to our online survey.
We will now work to analyse these responses, together with the feedback we received when we visited the skatepark in April.
Our next steps will be to compile a report on our findings, which we will publish online. If we consider that the skatepark meets the criteria for listing, we will consult with West Lothian Council as the owners and local authority before making a decision.
Skateboard Scotland, the official governing body for skateboarding, helped to shape this survey. Where we have consent from participants, we will forward responses to them for their interest.
From 20 April to 11 May 2023, Historic Environment Scotland (HES) sought views on our proposal to designate the remnant of the Gulliver Sculpture in Edinburgh at category C.
The left foot of the Gulliver Sculpture is among the last remains of an enormous concrete human figure play sculpture, conceived and completed between 1976 and 1978 for the Craigmillar Festival Society. Gulliver was largely demolished in 2011. It is an important example of community-led public art in Scotland and a rare surviving marker of the work of the influential grass-roots regeneration initiative known as the Craigmillar Festival Society (1962-2002).
We received no responses to the Citizen Space consultation.
Following direct consultation to interested parties, we received comments from The Twentieth Century Society and Docomomo Scotland. Both were in favour of listing.
The Twentieth Century Society noted their previous application to list, and made the following points:
Docomomo Scotland commented that the remnant of the sculpture was ‘A rare reminder of the Craigmillar Festival Society and its work.’
The local authority had no substantive comments. They noted no issues regarding the proposed listing from a planning perspective, and no relevant development proposals affecting the site.
We have now listed the remnant of the sculpture at category C. The listed building records are available on our Heritage Portal, where the final Report of Handling is also available.
Our historic environment is always changing. Listing does not prevent change, but it does allow for a structure’s special character to be taken into account when changes are proposed.
From 9 February to 2 March 2023, Historic Environment Scotland (HES) sought views on our proposal to designate Stobs Camp and associated sites as scheduled monuments.
The sites are nationally important monuments that were found to meet our criteria for designation. Stobs Camp is a site that makes a significant contribution to our understanding or appreciation of the military heritage of Scotland, in particular the history of early 20th century military training and First World War internment and imprisonment.
Further details can be accessed on our Heritage Portal: Stobs Camp - Portal.
We received 87 responses which contributed to our knowledge of the monument and also provided insight into how the Camp and associated sites are valued.
An overwhelming majority of the responses were in favour of designating Stobs Camp as a scheduled monument. The following table is a brief summary of the survey results, with focus on the key three questions related to our assessment of the site using the selection guidance for scheduled monuments to decide whether the sites were of national importance.
To what extent do you feel the report is an accurate account of the intrinsic characteristics of the monument? |
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To what extent do you feel the report is an accurate account of the contextual characteristics of the monument? |
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To what extent do you feel the report is an accurate account of the associative characteristics of the monument? |
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We received additional comments, the overwhelming majority were supportive of the proposal and recognising the importance of the Camp. The Report on Handling on our Heritage Portal (linked above) provides the responses where a query was raised, along with our answers and information. Some comments from respondents did not raise a query but offered their insight and opinion. Some of these comments include:
After considering the comments received during the consultation, we have now scheduled Stobs Camp and associated sites as nationally important monuments.
Download the Report of Handling from our Heritage Portal: Stobs Camp - Designation.