Historic Environment Scotland

Scottish government agency that investigates, cares for and promotes Scotland’s historic environment
Organization nonprofit_organization Q21997561
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Summary

Historic Environment Scotland is a nonprofit organization[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of nonprofit organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (610 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Field of work: restoration[3], cultural heritage[4]
  • Member of: Digital Preservation Coalition[5], Publishing Scotland[6]
  • Country: United Kingdom[7]
  • Instance of: executive non-departmental public body[8]
  • Headquarters location: Edinburgh[9]
  • Part of: Scottish Government[10]
  • Commons category: Historic Environment Scotland[11]
  • Archives at: National Collection of Aerial Photography[12]
  • Has part(s): National Collection of Aerial Photography[13]
  • Inception: 2015[14]
  • Official website: https://www.historicenvironment.scot/[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Historic Environment Scotland[16]
  • Applies to jurisdiction: Scotland[17]
  • Replaces: Historic Scotland[18]
  • Official name: Historic Environment Scotland[19], Àrainneachd Eachdraidheil Alba[20]
  • Official blog URL: https://blog.historicenvironment.scot/[21]
  • Total revenue: 103,324,000 pounds sterling[22], 93,663,000 pounds sterling[23], 97,400,000 pounds sterling[24], 115,230,000 pounds sterling[25], 136,984,000 pounds sterling[26], 144,621,000 pounds sterling[27]
  • Exact match: https://findthatcharity.uk/orgid/XI-ROR-01h5xyq84[28]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[29], Cultural Heritage and GLAM catalogues[30]
  • Donations: 94,000 pounds sterling[31], 6000 pounds sterling[32], 66,000 pounds sterling[33], 169,000 pounds sterling[34], 259,000 pounds sterling[35], 203,000 pounds sterling[36]
  • Social media followers: 28,392[37], 31,747[38], 34,565[39]
  • Contact page URL: https://www.historicenvironment.scot/about-us/contact-us/[40]

Why It Matters

Historic Environment Scotland has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . gov.scot. Retrieved . gov.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . dpconline.org. dpconline.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . publishingscotland.org. Retrieved . publishingscotland.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Scottish Charity Regulator. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Scottish Charity Regulator. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Scottish Charity Regulator. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Scottish Charity Regulator. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Scottish Charity Regulator. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Scottish Charity Regulator. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . FindThatCharity.uk. Retrieved . findthatcharity.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . govdirectory.org. Retrieved . govdirectory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Scottish Charity Regulator. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Scottish Charity Regulator. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Scottish Charity Regulator. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Scottish Charity Regulator. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Scottish Charity Regulator. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Scottish Charity Regulator. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of → —
    Inception → +2015-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Social media followers → {'amount': '+28392'}, {'amount': '+31747'}, {'amount': '+34565'}
    Applies to jurisdiction → Scotland
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ The independent topic id: historic-environment-scotland, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/214120681|Historic Environment Scotland (#214120681)]] in [[:toollabs:m"
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