Ruins
Many of our past buildings exist as ruins, which can be in danger of losing their heritage value or of injuring people. We work to conserve ruins, to share understanding of their significance and to enable safe access. Some projects are illustrated below.
castles (Glenlivet)
dangerous masonry (Blairfindy Castle)
public tours (Tomintoul & Glentlivet LP)
enabling works (Blairfindy Castle)
chapels (Eilean Mor)
condition surveys (Flatfield)
fixtures & fittings (Scalan)
conserving inscriptions (Horn Farmhouse)
ecological surveys (Arnot Tower)
bird & bat habitats (Blairfindy)
steel supports (Blairfindy)
remote buildings (Islay)
uninhabited islands (Pabbay)
7th century chapels (Bute)
cruck frames & earth mortars (Moirlanich)
towers (Arnot)
bastle houses (Horneystead)
archaeological investigations (Kilmichel)
lime mortar repairs (Blairfindy)
mortars analysis (Bute)
making safe (Blairfindy)