Historic Environment Records - Scotland

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.

 
Citation proposal
. Historic Environment Records - Scotland. https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/cff49e3d-357f-430a-bb3d-c9c0bb9e2fb7

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Alternate title
her
Date ( Revision )
2020-01-24
Identifier
www.spatialhub.scot / sh_her

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Maintenance and update frequency
quarterly Quarterly
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )
  • Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units , Buildings , Protected sites
Keywords
  • Historic Environment , Archaeology
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
Limitations on public access
Use limitation
Use of the data is available to any organisation that is a member of the OSMA (One Scotland Mapping Agreement) or any UK academic institution via Edina's subscription Digimap service. It is not currently commercially available.
Metadata language
eng English
Topic category
  • Transportation
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Reference system identifier
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700
Reference system identifier
EPSG / OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700) / 7.9
Reference system identifier
EPSG / ETRS89 (EPSG:4258) / 7.9
Reference system identifier
EPSG / WGS 84 / Pseudo-Mercator (EPSG:3857) / 7.9
Distribution format
  • OGC:WMC (1.3.0 )

OnLine resource
http://www.spatialhub.scot/get-data/  
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Statement

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.

Metadata

File identifier
cff49e3d-357f-430a-bb3d-c9c0bb9e2fb7   XML
Metadata language
eng English
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2020-01-24
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0

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