Canmore (database)

Canmore
Canmore
Location	Scotland
Type	Online database
Affiliation	Historic Environment Scotland
Collection size	320,000 historic sites ; 1.3 million catalogue entries ; ;
Website	canmore .org .uk

Canmore is an online database of information on over 320,000 archaeological sites, monuments, and buildings in Scotland . It was begun by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland . Historic Environment Scotland has maintained it since 2015. The Canmore database is part of the National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE), ^[1] formerly the National Monuments Record of Scotland (NMRS), and contains around 1.3 million catalogue entries. ^[2]^[3] It includes marine monuments and designated official wreck sites (those that fall under the Protection of Wrecks Act ), such as the wreck of HMS Pheasant (1916) . ^[4]^[5]

References [ edit ]

^ "National Record of the Historic Environment" . www.historicenvironment.scot . Retrieved 29 December 2018 .
^ "About the Database" . Canmore Website . Retrieved 10 October 2016 .
^ "A guide to the Canmore Database" (PDF) . Scotlands Rural Past . Retrieved 10 October 2016 .
^ "Canmore Database" . Marine Scotland . Retrieved 5 April 2017 .
^ "HMS Pheasant" . Canmore Website . Retrieved 10 October 2016 .

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