World Heritage Sites
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.
dataset
https://inspire.hes.scot/AtomService/DATA/WHS.zip
protocol: FILE:GEO
name: ESRI Shapefile Download
description: Download zip file with World Heritage Sites shapefile, layer file and metadata
protocol: OGC:WMS
description: WMS service for World Heritage Sites
protocol: OGC:WFS
description: WFS service for World Heritage Sites
HESWHS
eng
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700
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
boundaries
Historic sites and monuments
Heritage
publication
2013-05-21
Protected Sites
publication
2013-05-21
Landscape Conservation
Conservation of Monuments
Protected Area
publication
2013-05-21
Protected sites
publication
2008-06-01
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61.46458999999996
54.532970000000006
2001-09-20
creation
2008-01-01
revision
2015-11-04
asNeeded
St Kilda: created from Ordnance Survey Boundary Line (originally by Scottish Natural Heritage) Edinburgh, Old and New Towns: created by onscreen digitisation against 1:2500 Ordnance Survey Landline from original georeferenced image from Management Plan. The Heart of Neolithic Orkney: site boundary created from original scheduled areas at 1:10,000. Site buffer zone and sensitive area created by onscreen digitisation against ordnance Survey 1:25,000 mapping. New Lanark: Site boundary and buffer zone created by onscreen digitisation against georeferenced maps from Management Plan at 1:25,000. Antonine Wall: site boundary and buffer created by onscreen digitisation against Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 mapping. Forth Bridge: site boundary created by onscreen digitisation against Ordnance Survey 1:1,250 mapping.
publication
2010-05-03
true
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.
publication
2010-12-08
true
This Spatial Data Service set is conformant with the INSPIRE Implementing Rules for the interoperability of spatial data sets and services
ESRI Shapefile
1.0
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]
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United Kingdom
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Historic Environment Scotland
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Edinburgh
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United Kingdom
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