{"id":18418,"date":"2018-03-16T16:36:46","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T16:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=18418"},"modified":"2018-03-16T16:36:46","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T16:36:46","slug":"historic-environment-scotland-unveils-new-12m-investment-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=18418","title":{"rendered":"Historic Environment Scotland unveils new \u00a312M Investment Plan\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/HES_Investment_Plan2018.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-18419\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/HES_Investment_Plan2018.png\" alt=\"publication cover\" width=\"225\" height=\"317\" \/><\/a>Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has unveiled a new \u00a312 million investment plan for conservation projects on some of Scotland\u2019s most iconic historic sites.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>HES Writes:<\/p>\n<p>Backed by investment of \u00a312 million in 2018\/19, the plan sets out an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.historicenvironment.scot\/archives-and-research\/publications\/publication\/?publicationId=8240d14e-6873-4516-8140-a8820114b0ae\">investment programme<\/a>\u00a0scheduled to run until 2021\/22 which will enhance the condition of sites and improve the experience of visitors.<\/p>\n<p>HES has already made a significant investment in 2017\/18 on the upkeep and improvement of its estate. This work including important conservation projects at sites such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.historicenvironment.scot\/visit-a-place\/places\/midhowe-broch\/\">Midhowe<\/a>\u00a0in Orkney,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.historicenvironment.scot\/visit-a-place\/places\/dunkeld-cathedral\/\">Dunkeld Cathedral<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.historicenvironment.scot\/visit-a-place\/places\/dumbarton-castle\/\">Dumbarton Castle<\/a>\u00a0as well as the upgrade of heating, toilets and lighting systems at various properties across the HES estate.<\/p>\n<p>Other projects already underway as part of the ongoing investment include the installation of CCTV and improvements to interpretation materials at sites as well as the development of virtual reality experiences for visitors and a new pontoon and boats at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.historicenvironment.scot\/visit-a-place\/places\/lochleven-castle\/\">Lochleven Castle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historicenvironment.scot\/about-us\/news\/historic-environment-scotland-unveils-new-investment-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historicenvironment.scot\/archives-and-research\/publications\/publication\/?publicationId=8240d14e-6873-4516-8140-a8820114b0ae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download<\/a> the plan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has unveiled a new \u00a312 million investment plan for conservation projects on some of Scotland\u2019s most iconic historic sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18418"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18420,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18418\/revisions\/18420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}