| Table 6.20 Protection of buildings and archaeological sites, 19971 |
| | | | | | | | Listed Buildings1 As at 31 March 1996 |
| Area | | Total | Category A | Category B | | Category C(S)2 |
| Scotland | | 43,333 | | 3,244 | | 25,780 | | | 14,309 |
| Aberdeen City | | 1,101 | | 55 | | 744 | | | 302 |
| Aberdeenshire | | 3,583 | | 194 | | 1,890 | | | 1,499 |
| Angus | | 2,031 | | 92 | | 1,288 | | | 651 |
| Argyll and Bute | | 1,821 | | 142 | | 1,076 | | | 603 |
| Clackmannanshire | | 296 | | 15 | | 155 | | | 126 |
| Dumfires and Galloway | 3,459 | | 223 | | 1,849 | | | 1,387 |
| Dundee City | | 1,059 | | 79 | | 606 | | | 374 |
| East Ayrshire | | 642 | | 39 | | 355 | | | 248 |
| East Dunbartonshire | | 144 | | 12 | | 78 | | | 54 |
| East Lothian | | 1,794 | | 133 | | 1,082 | | | 579 |
| East Renfrewshire | | 125 | | 4 | | 85 | | | 36 |
| Edinburgh, City of | | 4,178 | | 678 | | 2,597 | | | 903 |
| Eilean Siar3 | | 254 | | 15 | | 156 | | | 83 |
| Falkirk | | 295 | | 18 | | 196 | | | 81 |
| Fife | | 4,525 | | 178 | | 3,240 | | | 1,107 |
| Glasgow City | | 1,864 | | 276 | | 1,322 | | | 266 |
| Highland | | 2,902 | | 177 | | 1,608 | | | 1,117 |
| Inverclyde | | 234 | | 23 | | 148 | | | 63 |
| Midlothian | | 516 | | 58 | | 297 | | | 161 |
| Moray | | 1,643 | | 114 | | 740 | | | 789 |
| North Ayrshire | | 812 | | 40 | | 407 | | | 365 |
| North Lanarkshire | | 186 | | 9 | | 129 | | | 48 |
| Orkney Islands | | 355 | | 17 | | 273 | | | 65 |
| Perth & Kinross | | 2,813 | | 150 | | 1,806 | | | 857 |
| Renfrewshire | | 535 | | 36 | | 371 | | | 128 |
| Scottish Borders | | 2,195 | | 161 | | 1,127 | | | 907 |
| Shetland Islands | | 268 | | 13 | | 138 | | | 117 |
| South Ayrshire | | 798 | | 66 | | 421 | | | 311 |
| South Lanarkshire | | 958 | | 90 | | 531 | | | 337 |
| Stirling | | 1,295 | | 78 | | 674 | | | 543 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 230 | | 19 | | 158 | | | 53 |
| West Lothian | | 422 | | 40 | | 233 | | | 149 |
| Source: Historic Scotland |
| 1 As at 31 March 1997. |
| 2 S=Statutory. A small number of statutory not included; these will be considered for statutory listing during the current re-survey of lists. |
| 3The former Western Isles Council changed its name on 2 September 1997. |
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