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Duns Sites Dataset for Archaeological Viewshed Analysis Study of Glengorm Area on the Isle of Mull, Scotland

Publisher
University of Edinburgh
Updated
8 July 2026
Topic
Environment

Summary

This Duns Sites dataset shows the location of duns sites in the Glengorm area of the Isle of Mull. This is part of a study conducted in the 1980s and 1990s which examined prehistoric ritual monument locations and their visibility across the landscape of the area. The study included the application of a GIS for viewshed analysis.

Datasets incorporated into this study and application included soils, coast and lochs, coastline, drainage capacity of soils, land capability, rivers, elevation and slope aspects and distribution patterns of cairn, cist, duns, fort and stone sites.

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
24 April 2013
Harvest GUID
6cc3641a-87a3-4824-8da3-7d67214bc1a1
Extent (Latitude)
56.6577361529° to 56.5594824838°
Extent (Longitude)
-6.3027191162° to -6.1344909668°
Spatial reference system
Great Britain National Grid
Dataset reference date (publication)
1982-04-29
Frequency of update
notPlanned
Access constraints
This dataset can be downloaded from ShareGeo, which can be accessed via the Digimap Login. ShareGeo users must subscribe to Digimap Collections in order to access and download this dataset. Digimap Collections are available to all UK academic institutions. More information about subscriptions and access are available at http://edina.ac.uk/digimap/access/
Responsible party
EDINA (distributor)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng

Contact

Enquiries

edina@ed.ac.uk

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Licence information

Please click the url to read the Ordnance Survey Data Sub-licence Agreement with Digimap. As the OS 1:50,000 Map was used to capture data, this dataset falls under the licence agreement for the use of data generated from OS products.http://edina.ac.uk/digimap/osterms.html