Identification

Title

Historic Environment Records - Scotland

Alternative title(s)

her

Abstract

HERs (Historic Environment Records) developed out of SMRs (Sites and Monuments Records). SMRs were established from the 1960s onwards in response to the loss of the archaeological resource through urban and rural development. From their original remit of recording archaeological sites, they have been developed to encompass a wide range of information about the historic environment which has been reflected in the change of name from SMR to HER. Today they provide a unique information resource, forming the basis for sustainable conservation and playing an important role in informing public understanding and enjoyment of the local historic environment. The historic environment includes all aspects of our surroundings that have been built, formed or influenced by human activities from earliest to most recent times. A Historic Environment Record stores and provides access to systematically organised information about these surroundings in a given area. It is maintained and updated for public benefit in accordance with national and international standards and guidance. An HER makes information accessible to all in order to: - advance knowledge and understanding of the historic environment; - inform its care and conservation; - inform public policies and decision-making on land-use planning and management; - contribute to environmental improvement and economic regeneration; - contribute to education and social inclusion; - encourage participation in the exploration, appreciation and enjoyment of the historic environment. Local authorities and most National Park authorities maintain records of the archaeological, built and natural environment. However, many services group together to form archaeological services to collate their standardised records. Specialist staff are employed to curate these records and also to provide specialist advice for land-use planning and public information services. This dataset has two distinct data layers: - Historic Environment Sites (including Known Site Extents and Areas of Archaeological Interest) - a polygon dataset - Historic Environment Events (also known as interventions) - a polygon dataset. Where only points or lines have been provided these have been buffered by 10m to create representative polygons.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://www.spatialhub.scot/get-data/

Unique resource identifier

code

sh_her

codeSpace

www.spatialhub.scot

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

authority code

EPSG

code identifying the spatial reference system

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

transportation

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units

Buildings

Protected sites

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Historic Environment

Archaeology

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.02985

East bounding longitude

0.32254

North bounding latitude

60.74784

South bounding latitude

54.38113

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2019-08-02

Frequency of update

quarterly

Quality and validity

Lineage

This dataset was amalgamated, optimised and published by the Spatial hub. The following quality assurance checks and corrections are carried out on the data: - Polygons are not dissolved/ aggregated by key name and local authority. - No minimum area check is made (as some sites are very small or indicative) - Checks for invalid geometry types - The maximum angle for any spikes is 3 degrees - Any duplicate geometry is removed from the data - Duplicate key names for polygons are not removed - Polygons with no key names are not removed - Checks for basic geometry i.e. self-intersection Please contact spatialhub@improvementservice.org.uk for more details.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

OGC:WMC

version of format

1.3.0

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Use constraints

Use of the data is available to any organisation that is a member of the One Scotland Mapping Agreement. It is not currently commercially available.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Spatial Hub Custodian

organisation name

The Improvement Service

full postal address

Livingston

EH54 6AX

United Kingdom

telephone number

01506 282012

email address

spatialhub@improvementservice.org.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Spatial Hub Custodian

organisation name

The Improvement Service

full postal address

Livingston

EH54 6AX

United Kingdom

telephone number

01506 282012

email address

spatialhub@improvementservice.org.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2019-08-05

Metadata language

eng