Minster Lovell Agricultural Land Classification Survey Maps and Reports

Post 1988 Agricultural Land Classification (ALC) site survey data for Minster Lovell (West Oxon DLP Site 222). The dataset includes scanned original paper maps and survey reports for sites surveyed in detail between 1989 and 1999 by the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food. Unedited sample point soils data and soil pit descriptions are also available for some surveys.

Use Cases

• Classifying agricultural land grades based on detailed soil survey methodology.
• Mapping land quality subdivisions (e.g., Grade 3a and 3b) based on scanned survey maps.
• Analyzing soil characteristics based on unedited sample point data and pit descriptions.

Strengths

• Surveyed using the current grading methodology described in 'Agricultural Land Classification of England and Wales'.
• Includes subdivision of Grade 3 into subgrades 3a and 3b.
• Contains unedited sample point soils data and soil pit descriptions for some surveys.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Maps are scanned paper originals at varying scales (1:5,000 to 1:50,000), which may affect digital analysis.

Provenance

Source

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food (survey), Natural England (copyright)

Collection Method

Detailed site surveys conducted between 1989 and 1999.

Time Range

1989-1999

Geography

Minster Lovell (West Oxon DLP Site 222), England