World Heritage Sites (WMS)

• Published by: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
• Last updated: 19 December 2016
• Topic: Environment
• Licence: Open Government Licence ; View licence information

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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• Added to data.gov.uk: 2018-06-05
• Access contraints: 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: 8fc49f46-2d6b-45b0-abd9-79e8aa2233cb
• Extent: Latitude: 61.46459° to 54.53297°
• Extent: Longitude: -7.75714° to -0.53202°
• Spatial reference system: WGS84 (CRS:84)
• Dataset reference date: 2008-01-01 (creation)
• Dataset reference date: 2015-11-04 (revision)
• Frequency of update: asNeeded
• Responsible party: Historic Environment Scotland (pointOfContact, distributor)
• ISO 19139 resource type: service
• Metadata language: eng
• Source Metadata: XML
• Source Metadata: HTML

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This data is licensed under the UK Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ .