Ancient and Long-established Woodland Inventory 2010
This dataset provides an inventory of ancient and long-established woodland in Ireland, dated 2010. Ancient woodland refers to woods with a continuous history of tree cover predating the mid-1600s, before planting and afforestation became common practice. Such woodlands hold significant biological and cultural value, and may retain links to prehistoric wildwood. The inventory identifies and maps these sites at national scale, supporting their identification for conservation and land-use planning purposes. It is published via Ireland's open data portal, data.gov.ie.Ancient woodland refers to those woods that have had a continuous history of cover since before the period when planting and afforestation became common practice (mid‐1600s). These woodlands are important in terms of their biological and cultural value, and may even form links with prehistoric wi...
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Data schema (15 fields)
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ALEW_IDAlew id | int | Unique identifier for the ancient woodland record.Unique identifier for the ancient woodland record. |
| SITE_NAMESite name | text | Name of the woodland site.Name of the woodland site. |
| STATUS | text | Classification status code of the woodland (e.g. ancient or long-established).Classification status code of the woodland (e.g. ancient or long-established). |
| AREA | int | Area of the woodland, likely in square metres.Area of the woodland, likely in square metres. |
| COUNTY | text | County in which the woodland is located.County in which the woodland is located. |
| OWNERSHIP | text | Code indicating the ownership type of the woodland.Code indicating the ownership type of the woodland. |
| NSNW_NONsnw no | int | Reference number from the National Survey of Native Woodlands.Reference number from the National Survey of Native Woodlands. |
| FIPS98_NOFips98 no | int | Reference number from the FIPS98 survey.Reference number from the FIPS98 survey. |
| WOOD_TYPEWood type | text | Code indicating the type of woodland.Code indicating the type of woodland. |
| SURVEY | text | Name of the survey that recorded this woodland entry.Name of the survey that recorded this woodland entry. |
| OSI_1ST_EDOsi 1 st ed | text | Woodland presence/status shown on the OSI first edition map.Woodland presence/status shown on the OSI first edition map. |
| OSI_3RD_EDOsi 3 rd ed | text | Woodland presence/status shown on the OSI third edition map.Woodland presence/status shown on the OSI third edition map. |
| HYPERLINK | text | Filename or link to a related document for the woodland.Filename or link to a related document for the woodland. |
| PARISH | text | Civil parish in which the woodland is located.Civil parish in which the woodland is located. |
| TOWNLAND | text | Townland in which the woodland is located.Townland in which the woodland is located. |
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Sample data (5 records)
Record 1AREA: 60641 · COUNTY: Clare
{
"AREA": 60641,
"COUNTY": "Clare",
"PARISH": "Inchicronan",
"STATUS": "LEW (I)",
"SURVEY": "None",
"ALEW_ID": 1,
"NSNW_NO": 1588,
"TOWNLAND": "Derryvet",
"FIPS98_NO": 0,
"HYPERLINK": "1588.txt",
"OWNERSHIP": "CT",
"SITE_NAME": "Derrygoul Wood",
"WOOD_TYPE": "CP",
"OSI_1ST_ED": "B",
"OSI_3RD_ED": "B"
}Record 2AREA: 36376 · COUNTY: Clare
{
"AREA": 36376,
"COUNTY": "Clare",
"PARISH": "Inchicronan",
"STATUS": "LEW (I)",
"SURVEY": "NSNW",
"ALEW_ID": 2,
"NSNW_NO": 1588,
"TOWNLAND": "Derryvet",
"FIPS98_NO": 0,
"HYPERLINK": "1588.txt",
"OWNERSHIP": "CT",
"SITE_NAME": "Derrygoul Wood",
"WOOD_TYPE": "SNB",
"OSI_1ST_ED": "B",
"OSI_3RD_ED": "B"
}Record 3AREA: 7122 · COUNTY: Clare
{
"AREA": 7122,
"COUNTY": "Clare",
"PARISH": "Inchicronan",
"STATUS": "LEW (I)",
"SURVEY": "NSNW",
"ALEW_ID": 3,
"NSNW_NO": 1588,
"TOWNLAND": "Derryvet",
"FIPS98_NO": 0,
"HYPERLINK": "1588.txt",
"OWNERSHIP": "CT",
"SITE_NAME": "Derrygoul Wood",
"WOOD_TYPE": "SNB",
"OSI_1ST_ED": "B",
"OSI_3RD_ED": "B"
}Record 4AREA: 148924 · COUNTY: Clare
{
"AREA": 148924,
"COUNTY": "Clare",
"PARISH": "Inchicronan",
"STATUS": "LEW (I)",
"SURVEY": "NSNW",
"ALEW_ID": 4,
"NSNW_NO": 1587,
"TOWNLAND": "Derrymore",
"FIPS98_NO": 0,
"HYPERLINK": "1587.txt",
"OWNERSHIP": "PR",
"SITE_NAME": "Derrymore Wood",
"WOOD_TYPE": "SNB",
"OSI_1ST_ED": "B",
"OSI_3RD_ED": "B"
}Record 5AREA: 19868 · COUNTY: Clare
{
"AREA": 19868,
"COUNTY": "Clare",
"PARISH": "Dysart",
"STATUS": "PAW",
"SURVEY": "NSNW",
"ALEW_ID": 5,
"NSNW_NO": 1510,
"TOWNLAND": "Ross",
"FIPS98_NO": 0,
"HYPERLINK": "1510.txt",
"OWNERSHIP": "PR",
"SITE_NAME": "Ross",
"WOOD_TYPE": "SNB",
"OSI_1ST_ED": "M",
"OSI_3RD_ED": "M"
}Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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curl -s 'https://data.gov.ie/dataset/ancient-and-long-established-woodland-inventory-2010.rdf' -H 'Accept: application/rdf+xml'DCAT (RDF/XML) record: title, publisher, freshness and every distribution. This portal disallows /api/ in robots.txt, so this is the route to use.
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