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Scheduled Monuments

Sites of outstanding universal value for all humanity

what is a world heritage site?

World heritage sites are places of outstanding universal value.

What is a world heritage site?

achieving world heritage status

Orkney

Details of the criteria required to achieve world heritage status.

Achieving world heritage status

world heritage sites in scotland

Charlotte Square, Edinburgh New Town world heritage site

Scotland currently has five world heritage sites.

World heritage sites in Scotland

The Antonine Wall

Part of the Antonine Wall

The Antonine Wall is one of the UK’s most important Roman monuments.

The Antonine Wall

st kilda

St Kilda, taken by Niall Benvie 1996. Copyright: the National Trust for Scotland.

St Kilda is a group of five remote islands which lie in the North Atlantic.

St Kilda

the heart of neolithic orkney

Orkney

This site is comprised of a number of significant monuments.

The heart of neolithic Orkney

New lanark

New Lanark world heritage site

An eighteenth century restored cotton mill village on the banks of the River Clyde.

New Lanark

The Old & New Towns of Edinburgh

John Knox's House, Edinburgh Old Town

This site contains nearly 4,500 buildings more than 75% of which are listed.

The Old & New Towns of Edinburgh

New Town, Edinburgh

Management Plans

View world heritage management plans in our publications section.

Free publications
Ring of Brodgar

World Heritage Sites

Interested in visiting Scotland's World Heritage sites? Visit our Places to Visit section.

Places to visit