Identification

Title

Muirburn Peatland Map

Abstract

NatureScot has prepared a spatial dataset to be used in muirburn license applications. This dataset visualises the extent of land that may be classified 'peatland', as defined in the associated muirburn legislation. This dataset is derived from outputs of the spatial disaggregation model of the legacy soil map (1:250,000 scale) created by the James Hutton Institute. It is complemented with data from the James Hutton Institute 1:25,000 partial soil coverage map (Soil25K V9d phase 7). (Used with the permission of The James Hutton Institute. All rights reserved). The resulting map updates earlier work undertaken by NatureScot for the identification of the distribution of carbon rich soil and is provided as a raster datafile with a resolution of 50 m. The map displays a single field attribute with three classes defined as: - Area with no peat: labelled "Non-peatland" - Area with a peat layer less than 50 cm thick: labelled "Uncertain" - Area with a peat layer greater or equal to 50 cm thick: labelled "Peatland" - Area of non soils labelled as "Non-soil" The map is intended to be used as a baseline information in the NatureScot Online Licensing System and does not on its own identify areas that may be suitable for muirburn or area that will be defined as peatland under other classification systems. Additional information:Gagkas Z. & Lilly A. Spatial disaggregation of a legacy soil map to support digital soil and land evaluation assessments in Scotland July 2024 Geoderma Regional 38(2):e00833 DOI: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352009424000804

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://ogc.nature.scot/geoserver/renewables/wms?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

protocol: OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-capabilities

name: muirburnpeatland

description: Muirburn Peatland Map

function: information

https://ogc.nature.scot/geoserver/renewables/wfs?request=GetCapabilities&service=WFS

protocol: OGC:WFS-1.0.0-http-get-capabilities

name: renewables:muirburnpeatland

description: Muirburn Peatland Map

function: download

https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/MPM2025_SCOTLAND_GDB_27700.zip

protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

name: ESRI File geodatabase (EPSG:27700)

function: download

https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/MPM2025_SCOTLAND_GEOJSON_4326.zip

protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

name: GeoJSON (EPSG:4326)

function: download

https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/MPM2025_SCOTLAND_GML_4258.zip

protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

name: GML (EPSG:4258)

function: download

https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/MPM2025_SCOTLAND_GPKG_27700.zip

protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

name: Geopackage (EPSG:27700)

function: download

https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/MPM2025_SCOTLAND_SHP_27700.zip

protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

name: ESRI Shapefile (EPSG:27700)

function: download

https://opendata.nature.scot/datasets/4a3c51b983de4dc48c93aede037685f4_0/explore

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name: NatureScot OpenData Hub

function: information

https://ogc.nature.scot/geoserver/www/maps/naturescot-data-viewer.html?layer=renewables:muirburnpeatland

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name: NatureScot Data viewer

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

authority code

EPSG

code identifying the spatial reference system

27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Soil

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.3425

East bounding longitude

-0.717

North bounding latitude

60.8612

South bounding latitude

54.5485

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2025-02-14

date type

publication

effective date

2025-02-17

date type

revision

effective date

2025-02-14

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

This dataset is derived from outputs of the spatial disaggregation model of the legacy soil map (1:250,000 scale) created by the James Hutton Institute. It is complemented with data from the James Hutton Institute 1:25,000 partial soil coverage map (Soil25K V9d phase 7). (Used with the permission of The James Hutton Institute. All rights reserved). The resulting map updates earlier work undertaken by NatureScot for the identification of the distribution of carbon rich soil and is provided as a raster datafile with a resolution of 50 m. The map displays a single field attribute with three classes defined as: Area with no peat: labelled ‘Non-peatland’ "PEAT_CLS" Value = 1 Area with a peat layer less than 50 cm thick: labelled ‘Uncertain’ "PEAT_CLS" Value = 2 Area with a peat layer greater or equal to 50 cm thick: labelled ‘Peatland’ "PEAT_CLS" Value = 3 Area of non soils labelled as "Non-soil"’ "PEAT_CLS" Value =9 The map is intended to be used as a baseline information in the NatureScot Online Licensing System and does not on its own identify areas that may be suitable for muirburn or area that will be defined as peatland under other classification systems. Additional information: Gagkas Z. & Lilly A. Spatial disaggregation of a legacy soil map to support digital soil and land evaluation assessments in Scotland July 2024 Geoderma Regional 38(2):e00833 DOI: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352009424000804. The published version is a vectorised copy of the original raster output.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

ESRI Shapefile

version of format

1.0

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Available under the UK Non-Commercial Government Licence - https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/non-commercial-government-licence/version/2/

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Available under the UK Non-Commercial Government Licence - https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/non-commercial-government-licence/version/2/

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Soil Science Advisor

organisation name

NatureScot

email address

Patricia.Bruneau@nature.scot

responsible party role

custodian

Responsible party

organisation name

NatureScot

email address

data_supply@nature.scot

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

NatureScot

email address

data_supply@nature.scot

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2025-02-18T11:29:12.398Z

Metadata language

eng