What it is doing to preserve Gaelic buildings in (a) Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch and (b) the Highlands and Islands.

Historic Scotland does not distinguish between buildings associated with Gaelic-speakers and English-speakers in its designation work. In terms of buildings in traditionally Gaelic-speaking areas, we invest in a number of properties in care which are open to the public, such as Urquhart Castle and Arnol Blackhouse. We have also invested over £4 million in grant awards to buildings in Argyll and Bute, Highland and the Western Isles in the last three years, including buildings such as Lews Castle, Stornoway.
Historic Scotland also designates structures as listed buildings or scheduled monuments to recognise their importance. Many listed buildings and scheduled monuments across Scotland have a Gaelic connection, such as the listed James Stewart Memorial in Killin
- Stewart being the first translator of the New Testament into Scottish Gaelic; and the scheduled fort at Dùn Èistean, Western Isles, where Historic Scotland has supported a multi-disciplinary archaeology project, including place-name analysis and the collection of oral Gaelic traditions.