River Network for Archaeological Viewshed Analysis in Glengorm, Isle of Mull

University of Edinburgh provides a river dataset for the Glengorm area on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. This data was part of a study conducted in the 1980s and 1990s examining prehistoric ritual monument locations and their visibility. The study incorporated multiple GIS datasets for viewshed analysis, including soils, coastlines, elevation, and archaeological site distributions.

Use Cases

• Conducting archaeological viewshed analysis based on river and terrain data mentioned in the description
• Modeling prehistoric landscape visibility based on the integration of multiple environmental datasets described
• Analyzing the relationship between ritual monument locations and hydrological features based on the study's focus

Strengths

• Data is part of a defined archaeological study from the 1980s and 1990s.
• Dataset was integrated with multiple other geospatial layers (soils, elevation, sites) for analysis.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the original study period (1980s-1990s).

Provenance

Source

University of Edinburgh

Collection Method

Part of a GIS-based archaeological study; likely digitized from maps or surveys.

Time Range

Study period: 1980s and 1990s.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:25.889870; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Glengorm area, Isle of Mull, Scotland.