Irish Historic Towns Atlas
The dataset was created by Land Use Consultants (LUC) and is based on The Royal Irish Academy Irish Historic Towns Atlas (https://www.ria.ie/sites/default/files/origins_of_towns_0.pdf). The Historic Towns Atlas displays towns of over 3000 inhabitants and urban district towns along with information about their origin. The Atlas was used to identify the settlements and the locations were digitised based on coordinates for the settlements. The dataset shows towns within 2 km of the coast. The Royal Irish Academy Historic Towns Atlas was used to identify historic towns. Google Earth was used to obtain latitude and longitude coordinates for each town. These were converted to a shapefile and sites within 2km of the coast were exported to create the final dataset. None.
Trust score
How is this computed?Composite of 5 axes from our methodology (proof-based officialness, live verification, metadata completeness, license clarity, agent readiness).
- Officialnessweight 25%50/100
Not public-sector → neutral score; not subject to the proof checker.
- Availabilityweight 25%100/100
Latest verification succeeded.
- Metadata completenessweight 20%40/100
4 of 10 recommended metadata fields populated.
- License clarityweight 15%50/100
License info not yet tracked for APIs (datasets only).
- Agent readinessweight 15%10/100
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Data access
A queryable map-feature service. Its attribute schema couldn't be read automatically — query the service endpoint directly to inspect its fields.
Verification Status
Using the API
Configuration
- Base URL
- https://atlas.marine.ie/arcgis/services/03_Heritage_Assets/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS
Query examples
curl -s 'https://atlas.marine.ie/arcgis/services/03_Heritage_Assets/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS' -H 'Accept: application/json'Base API endpoint — see the documentation for available routes.