trove.scot is an essential resource for all educators, groups and individuals wanting to find out about the past, explore the heritage of their local area, and research Scotland’s history.
This new platform brings together HES’s wealth of unique and diverse collections in one convenient place. It combines information from their Historic Environment Portal, Canmore, SCRAN, and Property in Care Collections. Canmore and Scran are retired, with records redirected to their equivalent page on trove.scot.
trove.scot launched in February 2025 and the website is being regularly updated, with additional features and updates being added. Find out more on the roadmap. Roadmap | Stories | trove.scot
- For information on how to use the site, visit the help page: Help with your research | Explore | trove.scot
- Read more about this exciting portal to the past in Historic Environment Scotland’s news article, included below.
Unlock Scotland’s past with trove.scot
Explore millions of records online as Historic Environment Scotland (HES) unveils new website to access its collections, archives, images and information.
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has launched trove.scot, its new digital portal for the historic environment. Users can now delve into Scotland’s heritage with the platform, which brings together millions of HES’s unique and diverse collections of information, images, video, spatial data and archival material in one convenient place for the first time.
From standing stones to skate parks, trove.scot contains over 5,000 years of Scotland’s history in approximately three million records, combining designation records of Scotland’s most important historic sites and buildings; the catalogue of Scotland’s archaeology and built heritage; over 2,000 culturally significant objects from HES’s properties; and educational and archival images and media from SCRAN.
Katerina Brown, Chief Executive of HES, said:
“We are excited to be bringing heritage even closer to people’s everyday lives with this new platform. trove.scot will make it easier to learn about the heritage and historic environment that surrounds you, whether that is the listed buildings on your street or archive images of historic events that shaped communities.
trove.scot marks one of the largest investments in our programme to improve and enhance digital access to information on the historic environment, and increase the number and diversity of people who engage with Scotland’s history and heritage.
“We hope that by making the vast store of information we hold more accessible, trove.scot will encourage more people to dig into Scotland’s past and see what they can discover with the new platform. Of course, the launch is just the beginning, and we’ll continue working hard behind the scenes to bring more exciting innovations to service.”
Unlock 5,000 years of history anytime, anywhere with trove.scot, the key to Scotland’s past.
Historic Environment Scotland
Welcome to trove.scot | The key to Scotland’s past
