National Record of the Historic Environment: the Scottish Radiocarbon index (published on Canmore)

The Scottish Radiocarbon index shows the location of archaeological sites in Scotland where radiocarbon dating has been undertaken. The spatial index includes a link to the relevant record on the Canmore database ( https://canmore.org.uk/) listing all recorded radiocarbon determinations with hyperlinks leading to individual results.

The database excludes those results that cannot be linked to an identifiable site record in Canmore. It does not represent a complete record of all radiocarbon determinations undertaken across Scotland but is relatively complete up to 2005.

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Identification info

Dataset Reference Date
Point of contact
  Historic Environment Scotland - Peter McKeague ( Custodian )
John Sinclair House, 16 Bernard Terrace , Edinburgh , City of Edinburgh Council , EH8 9NX , United Kingdom
+44(0)1316621456
+44(0)1316621477
Keywords

  • Radiocarbon dating

GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4

  • archaeology

  • archaeological site
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No limitations to public access
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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 data service type
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Temporal reference

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Code
EPSG:27700

Distribution Information

Data format

Data format
Name Version

Text

2015-06-04
 

Transfer options

Resource Locator
Protocol Resource Locator Name

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

 		https://canmore.org.uk

Canmore

OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-capabilities

 		https://inspire.hes.scot/arcgis/services/CANMORE/Scottish_Radiocarbon_Index/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

Scottish Radiocarbon database site locations

OGC:WFS

 		https://inspire.hes.scot/arcgis/services/CANMORE/Scottish_Radiocarbon_Index/MapServer/WFSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WFS

Scottish Radiocarbon database site index
 
 

Data quality info

Quality Scope
Dataset
Conformity
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Explanation
Degree
false
Statement

The Scottish Radiocarbon index is compiled from a range of sources. The original database owed much to a list prepared by Ian Ralston and was updated between 1996 and 2005 by Patrick Ashmore, Historic Scotland. The database was compiled through dates obtained by Historic Scotland and others published in the major journals and some monographs and from 1996 the lists of dates published in Discovery and Excavation in Scotland Publication of annual lists in Discovery and Excavation in Scotland ceased in 2006 and as a result the database has not been systematically updated since.
 

Metadata

File identifier
7da21b37-875f-4dad-9c09-e7fe99755a15 XML
Metadata Language
English
Resource type
Dataset
Metadata Date
2024-05-24T14:54:56
Metadata standard name

UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version

2.3

Point of contact

Organisation name

Historic Environment Scotland
Position name

Database and GIS Projects Manager
Voice

+44(0)1316621456
Delivery point

16 Bernard Terrace
City

Edinburgh
Administrative area

City of Edinburgh Council
Postal code

EH8 9NX
Country

United Kingdom
Electronic mail address

GIEnquiries@hes.sco GIEnquiries@hes.scot

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Point of contact
Point of contact
  Historic Environment Scotland - Database and GIS Projects Manager
16 Bernard Terrace , Edinburgh , City of Edinburgh Council , EH8 9NX , United Kingdom
+44(0)1316621456
+44(0)1316621477
 
 
 

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Keywords

GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4
archaeological site archaeology

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