Soil type information from a 1980s and 1990s study of prehistoric ritual monument locations and visibility on the Isle of Mull. The dataset was part of a GIS-based viewshed analysis project conducted by the University of Edinburgh. It was integrated with other geospatial data including coastlines, drainage capacity, land capability, rivers, elevation, and slope aspects.
Use Cases
- Conducting viewshed analysis based on soil and elevation data mentioned in the description
- Modeling prehistoric site distribution patterns based on landscape features like drainage capacity and slope
- Analyzing correlations between soil type and the locations of cairns, cists, duns, forts, and stone sites
- Integrating soil data with other geospatial layers for landscape archaeology studies
Strengths
- Data originates from a specific archaeological study conducted in the 1980s and 1990s.
- Dataset is part of a multi-layer GIS analysis incorporating soils, coastlines, drainage, land capability, rivers, elevation, and slope.
- Associated with a research institution, the University of Edinburgh.
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 temporal bias inherent to its collection period in the 1980s and 1990s.
Provenance
- Source
- University of Edinburgh
- Collection Method
- Part of a GIS-based archaeological study.
- Time Range
- Study conducted in the 1980s and 1990s.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-08 13:30:47.374434; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Glengorm area on the Isle of Mull, Scotland.