Identification

Title
Ancient Woodland Inventory 2021
Abstract
<p>This dataset comprises the boundaries of Ancient Woodland sites in Wales. Each site is categorised as either Ancient Semi Natural Woodland (ASNW), Restored Ancient Woodland Site (RAWS), Plantation on Ancient Woodland Site (PAWS) or Ancient Woodland Site of Unknown Category (AWSU). Initially all woods greater than 2 ha shown on the Ordnance Survey (OS) 1:25 000 1st Series maps surveyed between 1880 and 1960 were considered. Evidence as to which of these were ancient was provided by presence on the earlier 19th century OS 1st Edition Maps (surveyed 1805 - 1873; scale 1:63 360). The general presumption was that woodland on 1800s maps was ancient, unless there was other evidence that the wood originated between 1600AD and 1800. Supportive indications of ancient status included the wood's name, its situation in the landscape, and the nature of both the surrounding pattern of enclosure and the pattern of boundaries within the wood. Where available, field survey data such as the presence of indicator species, or other historical maps and documents were also used. In mountainous areas such as Wales the first edition Ordnance Survey 1 inch maps were hard to interpret because the heavy hatching used to indicate steep slopes tended to obscure tree symbols.</p> <p><strong>Attribution statement:</strong></p> <p>Contains Natural Resources Wales information &copy; Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey Data. Ordnance Survey Licence number AC0000849444. Crown Copyright and Database Right.</p>
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Spatial data
Keywords
features, NRW_ANCIENT_WOODLAND_INVENTORY_2021
Category:
Biota

Flora and/or fauna in natural environment. Examples: wildlife, vegetation, biological sciences, ecology, wilderness, sealife, wetlands, habitat

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Regions
Global
Approved
Yes
Published
Yes
Featured
No
Group
Natural Resources Wales

Information

Spatial extent
Projection system
EPSG:27700
Extension x0
179564.53
Extension x1
355313.844
Extension y0
166212.0
Extension y1
393896.240800001

Features

Contact

Email
opendata@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk
Organisation
Natural Resources Wales

References

Link online
/layers/inspire-nrw:NRW_ANCIENT_WOODLAND_INVENTORY_2021
Metadata page
/layers/inspire-nrw:NRW_ANCIENT_WOODLAND_INVENTORY_2021/metadata_detail

OGC Geopackage
Ancient Woodland Inventory 2021.gpkg
DXF
Ancient Woodland Inventory 2021.dxf
GML 2.0
Ancient Woodland Inventory 2021.gml
CSV
Ancient Woodland Inventory 2021.csv
Excel
Ancient Woodland Inventory 2021.excel
GeoJSON
Ancient Woodland Inventory 2021.json
Zipped Shapefile
Ancient Woodland Inventory 2021.zip
GML 3.1.1
Ancient Woodland Inventory 2021.gml

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