Irish Spatial Data Exchange
National Monuments service - Wreck Inventory of Ireland
The Wreck Inventory of Ireland Database (WIID) holds records of over 18,000 known and potential wreck sites in Irish waters. Wrecks in the database date to all periods; the earliest vessels represented being prehistoric logboats which are primarily found within Ireland’s inland waterways. With the intensification of shipping activity from the late medieval period onwards, the number of wrecking events off Irish waters increased exponentially with significant numbers occurring during the 18th and 19th centuries. This trend continued and the tumultuous events of the two World Wars in the first half of the 20th Century resulted in much larger numbers of vessels being lost in the waters surrounding Ireland, with an estimated 1,800 shipping casualties relating to both conflicts.
Information contained in the WIID is derived from a wide variety of sources including: UKHO wreck data; the National Museum of Ireland; 18th and 19th-century surveys and sea charts; Lloyd’s List and Lloyd’s Register of Shipping; historic newspapers; Parliamentary Papers; local and international journals; fishermen’s marks; charts and cartographic sources. Important information on wrecks has been obtained during targeted fieldwork carried out by the National Monuments Service’s Underwater Archaeology Unit (UAU), drawing on first-hand accounts from divers, fishermen, coastal walkers, independent archaeologists, other marine and inland-waterways users, often supplemented by the records held in the Dept. of Irish Folklore, University College Dublin.
The extensive seabed mapping programme carried out by the Geological Survey of Ireland and the Marine Institute as part of the INFOMAR project is very important, leading to the discovery of significant numbers of new wreck sites. It has also produced new high-resolution survey data on hundreds of other known wreck sites in Irish waters. NMS endeavours to ensure that the information in the Wreck Viewer is as accurate as possible. As only a relatively small percentage of wrecks have been accurately located to date, any information which can clarify positions or confirm new discoveries is greatly appreciated and new information will be updated to the viewer on an on-going basis. New information can be emailed to
nationalmonuments@housing.gov.ie
The Data is based on 20/6/24 data export
This data has been released for download as Open Data under the DPER Open Data Strategy and is licensed for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Simple
- Alternate title
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wreck_inv_irl
- Date (Publication)
- 2023-08-10
- Citation identifier
- http://data.ahg.gov.ie/dataset/ / c2c367e0-ed8a-11df-98cf-0800200c9a66
- Purpose
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To record the location of wrecks
- Status
- On going
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Karl Brady
Point of contact
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Protected sites
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GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4
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archaeology
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ISO 3166
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Ireland
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- Use limitation
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Copyright Government of Ireland. The content of this application is owned and operated by National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. This copyright material is licensed for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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No limitations on public access
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Denominator
- 20000
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Environment
- Planning cadastre
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Vertical extent
- Minimum value
- 0
- Maximum value
- 0
Vertical CS
Vertical datum
- Reference system identifier
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http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/
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4326
EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset EPSG 2009-11-25
- Distribution format
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Name Version csv
/
- Distributor contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Karl Brady
Publisher
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name text/csv
https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/d4b084c880b546fabe38345461b563d2/data csv
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Conformance result
- Title
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INSPIRE Data Specification on Protected sites
- Alternate title
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INSPIRE Data Specifications v3.0
- Date (Publication)
- 2011-06-15
- Explanation
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The INSPIRE Directive or INSPIRE lays down a general framework for a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for the purposes of European Community environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment.
- Pass
- No
Conformance result
- Title
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
- Alternate title
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INSPIRE Interoperability Regulation
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
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Level of conformance with the COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
- Pass
- No
- Statement
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NMS endeavours to ensure that the information in the Wreck Viewer is as accurate as possible. As only a relatively small percentage of wrecks have been accurately located to date, any information which can clarify positions or confirm new discoveries is greatly appreciated and new information will be updated to the viewer on an on-going basis. New information can either be emailed to nationalmonuments@chg.gov.ie
Metadata
- File identifier
- d5acf225-5aab-4e50-b8ef-752244e399d1 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2024-06-21T11:57:57
- Metadata standard name
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ISDI Metadata Profile
- Metadata standard version
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1.2
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Karl Brady
Author
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