Scotland’s Architecture is intended to be usable by as many people as possible, including people who use screen readers, keyboard navigation, text enlargement or other assistive technology.
Current accessibility work
We are working towards the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 Level AA. This developing site has not yet had an independent accessibility audit, so we do not claim that every page is fully conformant.
- Body text, supporting text and mobile spacing have been increased for comfortable reading.
- Representative pages reflow without horizontal scrolling at 320 CSS pixels.
- Keyboard focus is visible, a skip link reaches the main content, and the mobile navigation returns focus when it closes.
- Published photographs have meaningful alternative text and visible source and licence credits.
- Interactive maps have accessible names and repeat essential location information in text.
Known limitations
The site still needs a full independent screen-reader, keyboard, text-spacing and 200% text-resizing audit across the complete record set. Interactive maps are supplementary: their essential grid reference and location-confidence information is provided as text. Some records intentionally have no photograph until an item with clear reuse rights has been identified.
Tell us about an accessibility problem
Use the private form below if something is difficult to read, navigate or understand. Please identify the page or Heritage Record and describe what would help. Name and email are optional; provide an email only if you would like a reply.
Submissions are sent privately to the site administrator and are not displayed publicly. Please do not include passwords, private addresses, health information or other sensitive personal information.
Statement review
This page was prepared on 21 August 2026 and will be updated as the directory develops and further testing is completed.