How was stone used in buildings? A history of quarrying and using building stone in Scotland

Learn about the use of stone for building and how it would have been quarried and worked. Did you know that re-using stone buildings can be more sustainable than demolishing and rebuilding the buildings using modern materials?

Find out more about the use of sandstone in Scotland at the Engine Shed, Scotland’s building conservation centre: https://www.engineshed.scot/building-...

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This film is part of the Building Scotland series of short films celebrating Scotland’s traditional building materials. Scotland’s traditional buildings are one of the country’s most unique and cherished features. These buildings both draw visitors from around the world and create a sense of place and identity for the people that live in Scotland. This series of fourteen short films celebrates the raw materials which were used to create Scotland’s traditional buildings - from stone and slate, to earth, glass and iron.

This series accompanies a publication of the same title, Building Scotland, launched in March 2010 by Minister for Culture Fiona Hyslop.

A Circa Media Production for Historic Scotland. Edited and designed by Andrew McGregor. With special thanks to the National Library of Scotland Scottish Screen Archive.

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