World Heritage Sites

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24 September 2020
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Summary

World Heritage Sites are described by UNESCO as exceptional places of ‘outstanding universal value’ and ‘belonging to all the peoples of the world, irrespective of the territory on which they are located’. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) seeks to protect and preserve such sites through an international treaty called the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, drawn up in 1972 Scottish Ministers identify and put forward sites to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport for nomination. This dataset includes both the legal designation and buffer zone boundaries of the World Heritage Sites in Scotland enscribed by UNESCO as well as non-statutory sensitive areas for planning advice. Once a World Heritage Site is inscribed, under the Convention, member states have a duty to protect, conserve and present such sites for future generations.

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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]
Harvest GUID
011edcca-d7b5-4d90-9a57-4b5da5a3b9c0
Extent
Latitude: 61.46458999999996° to 54.532970000000006°
Longitude: -9.553770568239042° to -0.53202°
Spatial reference system
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700
Dataset reference date
2008-01-01 (creation)
2015-11-04 (revision)
Frequency of update
asNeeded
Responsible party
Historic Environment Scotland (pointOfContact, distributor)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng
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