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Inform Guide: Timber Window Shutters
This INFORM guide highlights the benefits of traditional wooden window shutters.
![Ventilation in Traditional Houses](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/effb593d-4f80-4101-9f9f-a59800a7b97d/inform-ventilation-in-traditional-buildings.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Inform Guide: Ventilation in Traditional Houses
INFORM guide on the importance of ventilation in a traditionally built structure.
![Laser Stone Cleaning](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/2eb8194a-808e-48e6-9b88-a5ad010aa875/Res%20Laser%20Stonecleaning.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Laser Stone Cleaning
A report on the response of sandstone and granite to laser exposure.
![Lime Technology Workshop](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/1c72f67c-8a78-4dee-bfc7-a5aa00e43d96/Conf%20Proceedings%20Cost%20Action%20C5.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Lime Technology Workshop
Proceedings of the 'Workshop on Lime Rendered Facades' held in Sweden in 1998.
![Macduff Slate Research Report](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/fbac2f7a-8ef4-434a-b58f-a5ae00f487c7/Res%20Report%20Macduff.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Macduff Slate Research Report
Reports on the research into the viability of reinstating a supply of indigenous Scottish slate.
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Measured Survey and Building Recording
Guide for Practitioners 4
A historical overview of the production and use of iron, along with guidance on appraisal and conservation techniques.
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Medieval or Later Rural Settlement: Historic Scotland's Approach
Papers given at a 2002 conference on medieval and later rural settlements.
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Metal 2013
Proceedings of the Interim Meeting for the International Council of Museums Committee for Conservation Metal Working Group, Metal 2013.
![Front cover of Metal Detecting in Scotland](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/1ed05a31-c115-404c-a203-b1e300a134c1/metal-detecting-scotland.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Metal Detecting in Scotland
This guidance note gives advice on metal detecting in Scotland.