Scheduled Monuments

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.

 
Citation proposal
. Scheduled Monuments. https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/756ec396-b6f9-4efe-8309-2dad95ffef68

Simple

Date ( Creation )
2001-01-01
Date ( Revision )
2020-01-29
Identifier
HESSM
Presentation form
mapDigital Digital map

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Maintenance and update frequency
weekly Weekly
GEMET- INSPIRE Spatial Data Themes
  • Protected Sites
General Multilingual Environmental Thesaurus
  • Protected Area
IPSV-Integrated Public Sector Vocabulary
  • Ancient monuments , Historic Sites , Archaeology
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )
  • Protected sites
Use limitation

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/.

Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
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]
Spatial representation type
vector Vector
Distance
3  urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
Denominator
2500
Metadata language
eng English
Topic category
  • Boundaries
  • Society
  • Environment
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Supplemental Information
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.
Reference system identifier
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700
Distribution format
  • ESRI Shapefile (1.0 )

  • WMS (1.3.0 )

  • WFS (2.0.0 )

OnLine resource
ESRI Shapefile Download  

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

OnLine resource
WMS service for Scheduled Monuments  

WMS service for Scheduled Monuments

OnLine resource
WFS service for Scheduled Monuments  

WFS service for Scheduled Monuments

Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset

Conformance result

Date ( Publication )
2010-05-03
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.
Pass
true
Statement

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).

Metadata

File identifier
756ec396-b6f9-4efe-8309-2dad95ffef68   XML
Metadata language
eng English
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2020-01-30
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0

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