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![Climate Change Adaptation for Traditional Buildings](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/402773ce-ba61-4452-9d2b-a7ac00ae3268/Short%20Guide%2011%20Climate%20Change%20Adaptation.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Short Guide: Climate Change Adaptation for Traditional Buildings
Short Guide 11
The key aspects of the exterior of a traditional building and considers how these can be improved or adapted to increase a building’s resilience to extreme weather events caused by climate change.
![A cover of a document with an illustratrion of a scanner in front of a castle](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/7844c1c2-13f7-4361-a6e9-a8a8009dab3d/hes-digital-documentation-short-guide-cover.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Short Guide: Applied Digital Documentation in the Historic Environment
Short Guide 13
Discover how a broad range of data capture techniques can be applied to the recording, analysis, conservation and visualisation of the historic environment.
Inform Guide: Citizen Science
This Inform Guide provides information about how to engage volunteers in scientific research.
Inform Guide: Restoration Mortars for Masonry Repairs
This INFORM guide provides information on the use of proprietary restoration mortars for repair of stone masonry.
![De-icing salts and Traditional Masonry](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/d778c905-3226-427d-a1ae-a74300fe0c92/De-icing%20inform.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Inform Guide: De-icing Salts and Traditional Masonry
An INFORM guide on the use of de-icing salts and traditional buildings, describing types and practices, as well as discussing their impacts on traditional buildings and recommending best practice.
Rural Buildings of the Lothians
Guide for Practitioners 1
Building advice and information to support repairs and sensitive conversions of rural buildings in the Lothians.
![TAN 13 - The Archaeology of Scottish Thatch](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/5575687d-48c9-4e2d-a445-a5c200f85523/TAN%2013%20-%20The%20Archaeology%20of%20Scottish%20Thatch.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
TAN 13 - The Archaeology of Scottish Thatch
A guide to applying archaeological techniques to thatch and thatching in Scotland.
![TAN 12 - Quarries of Scotland](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/d4967c2b-760c-4a48-89e8-a5c200f74aae/TAN%2012%20-%20Quarries%20of%20Scotland.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
TAN 12 - Quarries of Scotland
A guide to Scottish geology and stone working methods.
![TAN 27 - Development and Archaeology in Historic Towns and Cities](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/720044ab-b94f-476b-9beb-a5c3009d55bb/TAN%2027%20-%20Development%20and%20Archaeology%20in%20Historic%20Towns%20and%20Cities.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
TAN 27 - Archaeology in Historic Towns
Practical advice on archaeological issues when developing a site in a historic town or city.