Historic Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) (HES WMS)

What is it: 

There are many thousands of marine heritage sites on the seabed around Scotland. A small number of sites of national importance have statutory protection as Historic Marine Protected Areas.

The vessels / sites are:

  1. Drumbeg (Sutherland)
  2. Mingary (Sound of Mull)
  3. Kinlochbervie
  4. Campania (Firth of Forth)
  5. Out Skerries (Shetland)
  6. Dartmouth (Sound of Mull)
  7. Duart Point (Sound of Mull)
  8. Iona (Firth of Clyde)
Links to Scotland's Marine Atlas: 
Chapter 5: Historic Environment and Cultural Heritage
Data originators: 
Historic Environment Scotland (HES)
This information page is part of the theme: 
Historic Environment and Cultural Heritage
Campania - Firth of Forth © ADUS/MoD Salvage and Marine; and Wessex Archaeology
More Information: 

The site documentation (see Historic Environment Scotland web site) provides information on marine historic assets, a map, preservation objectives, and summary operational advice for each Historic MPA.

 

This page was last modified on : 
Tuesday, March 20, 2018 - 12:20

Links and Resources

Map Type Click title for metadata and licence informationsort descending Date of data View Map
Map Layers (NMPi) Historic Marine Protected Areas (HMPAs) - protected wrecks contributing to the MPA network (HES WMS) (OSCP) Access this map on NMPi
Type Link Titlesort descending External Link
Data Portals Historic Environment Scotland - Spatial Downloads portal.historicenvironment.scot
Type Title External link
Data Portals Historic Environment Scotland - Listing, scheduling and designations www.historicenvironment.scot
Web link Historic Scotland - historic Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) (details) www.historicenvironment.scot
Web link Historic Scotland - historic Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) www.historicenvironment.scot