Identification

Title

Scheduled Monuments

Abstract

Scheduled monuments are nationally important monuments and sites. The aim of scheduling is to preserve sites and monuments as far as possible in the form in which they have come down to us today. They are legally protected through the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. National importance takes account of a wide range of factors, including artistic, archaeological, architectural, historic, traditional, aesthetic, scientific and social. Guidance and criteria to assess national importance of monuments is set out by Scottish Ministers in The Scottish Historic Environment Policy. This data allows you to identify the approximate position, size and extent of scheduled monuments in Scotland.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://inspire.hes.scot/AtomService/DATA/sam_scotland.zip

protocol: FILE:GEO

name: ESRI Shapefile Download

description: Download zip file with Scheduled Monuments shapefile, layer file and metadata

https://inspire.hes.scot/arcgis/services/HES/Scheduled_Monuments/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

protocol: OGC:WMS

description: WMS service for Scheduled Monuments

https://inspire.hes.scot/arcgis/services/HES/Scheduled_Monuments/MapServer/WFSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WFS

protocol: OGC:WFS

description: WFS service for Scheduled Monuments

Unique resource identifier

code

HESSM

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

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

Additional information source

Historic Environment Scotland is a Non Departmental Public Body responsible to Scottish Ministers for safeguarding the nation's built heritage and promoting its understanding and enjoyment.

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

boundaries

society

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Protected Sites

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET- INSPIRE Spatial Data Themes

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Protected Area

originating controlled vocabulary

title

General Multilingual Environmental Thesaurus

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2012-07-20

Keyword set

keyword value

Ancient monuments

Historic Sites

Archaeology

originating controlled vocabulary

title

IPSV-Integrated Public Sector Vocabulary

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2006-04-03

Keyword set

keyword value

Protected sites

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

-7.75714

East bounding longitude

-0.53202

North bounding latitude

61.46459

South bounding latitude

54.53297

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1882-08-18

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2001-01-01

date type

revision

effective date

2020-01-29

Frequency of update

weekly

Quality and validity

Lineage

Scheduling is an ongoing process. We assess and reassess monuments as our knowledge and understanding of what survives and its importance changes. Sometimes monuments are amended to bring the maps and descriptions up-to-date. Data is updated on weekly basis unless no cases have been brought forward. Designation polygons were originally derived from legal documentation. Amendments are informed by a combination of methods: field visits; differential GPS; aerial photography and OS mapping (Mastermap - scale 1:2500).

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

INSPIRE Data Specification on Protected Sites - Guidelines v 3.1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-05-03

degree

true

explanation

This dataset is not in a conformed format (such as GML). However, it conforms to projection and metadata. Vertical data in metadata is currently from Chart Datum. The temporal extent of the data is not ended as this is a live dataset, which may change in the future. The version date of the data can be found under Temporal Extent.

Data format

name of format

ESRI Shapefile

version of format

1.0

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

This data is indicative only and reference should always be made to the legal documentation. It should be noted that amendments to the schedule are made frequently and that the information may change. This data is licensed under the UK Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.

Limitations on public access

If this data is reproduced it must be attributed with the following: Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland - Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right [year]

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

GIS Officer

organisation name

Historic Environment Scotland

full postal address

Longmore House, Salisbury Place

Edinburgh

EH9 1SH

United Kingdom

telephone number

0131 668 8832

email address

GIEnquiries@hes.scot

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

contact position

GIS Officer

organisation name

Historic Environment Scotland

full postal address

Longmore House, Salisbury Place

Edinburgh

EH9 1SH

United Kingdom

telephone number

0131 668 8832

email address

GIEnquiries@hes.scot

responsible party role

distributor

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

GIS Officer

organisation name

Historic Environment Scotland

full postal address

Longmore House, Salisbury Place

Edinburgh

EH9 1SH

United Kingdom

telephone number

0131 668 8832

email address

GIEnquiries@hes.scot

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2020-07-08

Metadata language

eng