Historic Environment Division ESRI REST API: Northern Ireland Heritage Sites and Records

OpenDataNI provides webservices for Historic Environment Division (HED) data via an ESRI REST API. The service includes records for Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments, Listed Buildings, Industrial Heritage, Built Heritage at Risk, and other designated areas. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05 06 17:00:33.065279 and is licensed under OGL-UK-3.0.

Use Cases

• Mapping and analyzing the distribution of Scheduled Zones and Areas of Archaeological Potential for planning applications.
• Assessing the condition and risk factors for structures in the Built Heritage at Risk register.
• Researching maritime and aviation history using the Ship and Aircraft Wrecks record.
• Studying landscape history through the records of Historic Parks, Gardens and Demesnes.
• Identifying and protecting defense-related heritage sites from the Defense Heritage Record.

Strengths

• Covers 11 distinct heritage record categories, including monuments, buildings, wrecks, and designated areas.
• Published under the permissive OGL-UK-3.0 license for reuse.
• Served via a standardized ESRI REST API, which likely facilitates integration with GIS software.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to uk_data, being specific to Northern Ireland.

Provenance

Source

OpenDataNI

Collection Method

Likely compiled and maintained by the Historic Environment Division.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 17:00:33.065279; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northern Ireland