Irish Spatial Data Exchange
Fingal Irish Geological Heritage
Dataset received from Fingal County Council September 2010.
Irish Geological Heritage Programme.
The Irish Geological Heritage (IGH) Programme is a partnership between The Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI) and the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of The Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government (DEHLG). It aims to identify, document, and protect the wealth of geological heritage in the Republic of Ireland and conserve it against ever increasing threats, and also to promote its value with the landowners and the public.
The GSI provide scientific appraisal and interpretative advice on geological and geomorphological sites. They are responsible for the identification of important sites that are capable of being conserved as Natural Heritage Areas (NHA).
The National Parks and Wildlife Service of The Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government have the responsibility of designation and management of sites with appropriate advice from GSI.
The programme started in 1998 and has evolved with examination of the inventory and protection processes operating in other European countries (including the active participation with colleagues in the European Association for the Conservation of the Geological Heritage, ProGEO).
The geological heritage of Ireland is considered and evaluated within an overall framework of 16 themes:
IGH 1 - Karst (completed)
IGH 2 - Precambrian to Devonian Palaeontology (completed) [including the Valentia tetrapod trackway site]
IGH 3 - Carboniferous to Pliocene Palaeontology (in progress)
IGH 4 - Cambrian-Silurian
IGH 5 - Precambrian
IGH 6 - Mineralogy (in progress)
IGH 7 - Quaternary (in progress)
IGH 8 - Lower Carboniferous
IGH 9 - Upper Carboniferous and Permian
IGH 10 - Devonian
IGH 11 - Igneous Intrusions
IGH 12 - Mesozoic and Cenozoic
IGH 13 - Coastal Geomorphology
IGH 14 - Fluvial and Lacustrine Geomorphology
IGH 15 - Economic Geology
IGH 16 - Hydrogeology [including warm springs, see:
http://www.ecoserve.ie/projects/springs/index.html]
Each theme considers specific aspects, such as stratigraphy, sedimentology, structural geology, volcanic rocks, etc. Each theme addresses all aspects of the particular geology involved, but some sites may be considered within two or more themes.
Under the IGH Programme, expert panels were set up for each theme, resulting in an indicative list of sites worthy of more detailed assessment within the relevant themes. This is a response to the present urgent demands for information for development projects, Environmental Impact Statements and planning.
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- Date (Creation)
- 2010-10-05
- Citation identifier
- Coastal Heritage / Heritage Council
- Cited responsible party
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Heritage Council
Beatrice Kelly
Point of contact Heritage Council
Beatrice Kelly
Publisher Fingal County Council
Gerry Clabby
Owner
- Presentation form
- Digital map
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Heritage Council
Beatrice Kelly
Point of contact
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Geology
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Fingal Irish Geological Heritage
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Fingal Irish Geological Heritage, Heritage Council, Coastal Heritage
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- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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Seek Permissions
- Use limitation
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Seek Permissions
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Denominator
- 50000
- Language
- English
- Topic category
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- Geoscientific information
- Environment description
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Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3500
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- Reference system identifier
- TM65_Irish_Grid
- Topology level
- Geometry only
- Geometric object type
- Complex
- Geometric object count
- 21
Distributor
- Distributor contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Fingal County Council
- Distributor format
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Name Version SDE Feature Class
- Transfer size
- 0.066
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name ArcSDE Connection
Server=w08-sde93; Service=5273; Database=HCVector; User=HCVectorAdmin; Version=sde.DEFAULT
- Transfer size
- 0.066
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name ArcSDE Connection
Server=w08-sde93; Service=5273; Database=HCVector; User=HCVectorAdmin; Version=sde.DEFAULT
- Statement
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Dataset provided by Fingal County Council in September 2010 in shape file format.
For further information on the IGH programme and Local Authorities, visit;
http://www.gsi.ie/Programmes/Heritage/Projects/Geology+in+Local+Authority+planning.htm.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 1f814131-d30d-4d31-9160-4c1e2fe8f6c2 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Hierarchy level name
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2010-11-17T13:18:25
- Metadata standard name
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Based on ISO 19115:2005/19139:2007 INSPIRE Directive 2007/2/EC Metadata Implementing Rules
- Metadata standard version
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1.2 INSPIRE Metadata Implementing Rules
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Compass Informatics
Ali Robinson
Point of contact
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