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Inform Guide: Restoration Mortars for Masonry Repairs
This INFORM guide provides information on the use of proprietary restoration mortars for repair of stone masonry.

Literature Review - Mortars in Historic Buildings
A literature review focusing on published research regarding mortar materials.

MacFarlane's Castings, Volumes 1 & 2
Saracen Foundry, Glasgow
A volume celebrating the legacy of one of Scotland's most successful and internationally renowned industrial firms of the 1800s.

Mantel Grates, The Falkirk Iron Company
Illustrations and descriptions of mantel grates circa 1928.

Metal Detecting in Scotland
This guidance note gives advice on metal detecting in Scotland.

Modern Buildings their Planning and Construction
Volume V
A volume on methods and materials of building construction in the early 1900s.

Modern House Construction
A book aiming to describe new construction materials and new uses of old materials.

Mousa to Mackintosh
The Scottishness of Scottish Architecture
The architecture of Scotland exists in many forms. In Mousa to Mackintosh, Frank Arneil Walker examines the recognisable and recurring features evident in Scotland’s buildings across the centuries to build a picture of ‘Scottishness’ in architecture.

Painted ceilings from 16th and 17th century properties
A technical paper commissioned in collaboration with AOC Archaeology providing information on a collection of painted ceilings from 16th and 17th century properties.