A study from the 1980s and 1990s examined prehistoric ritual monument locations and their visibility across the Glengorm area of the Isle of Mull, Scotland. The dataset shows the location of forts and was used with GIS for viewshed analysis. The study incorporated other datasets including soils, coastlines, drainage capacity, land capability, rivers, elevation, slope, and distribution patterns of various archaeological sites.
Use Cases
- Conducting viewshed analysis based on fort locations mentioned in the description
- Analyzing prehistoric site distribution patterns based on the described incorporation of cairn, cist, dun, and stone site data
- Modeling landscape interactions based on integrated datasets for soils, elevation, and drainage capacity
- Studying the relationship between fort locations and environmental features like rivers and coastlines
Strengths
- Dataset is part of a defined archaeological study conducted over two decades (1980s and 1990s)
- Analysis integrated multiple geospatial datasets including soils, elevation, drainage, and coastline
- Platform metadata includes specific tags for archaeology, viewshed analysis, and Scotland
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to a specific study area and period
Provenance
- Source
- University of Edinburgh
- Collection Method
- Part of an archaeological study applying GIS for viewshed analysis.
- Time Range
- Study conducted in the 1980s and 1990s.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:32.053042; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Glengorm area on the Isle of Mull, Scotland.