Landscape Character Areas

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About this dataset

Monaghan County Council commissioned a Landscape Character Assessment of the County in 2008 with the purpose of providing the foundation for policy formation and decision making for landscape management. The Landscape Character Assessment identified 9 landscape character areas in County Monaghan which represent geographical areas with a particular landscape type or types. The Landscape Character Assessment identified the main forces for landscape change in the present age as, changing agricultural practices, forestry, rural housing, infrastructural developments, power lines, telecommunications masts, wind farms, quarrying and tourism/recreation. This data is in ITM Projection. Monaghan County Council provides this information with the understanding that it is not guaranteed to be accurate, correct or complete. Monaghan County Council accepts no liability for any loss or damage suffered by those using this data for any purpose.

Columns (17)

Ref_NumbernumberNamestringMain_Website_LinkstringMain_Doc_HyperlinkstringSpecific_HyperlinkstringArea_HanumberPerimeter_KmsnumberLatitudenumberLongitudenumberX_ITMnumberY_ITMnumberResponsible_DepartmentstringData_SourcestringLast_Updated_DatenumberOBJECTIDnumberShape__AreanumberShape__Lengthnumber

Sample rows

NameX_ITMY_ITMArea_HaLatitudeOBJECTIDLongitudeRef_NumberData_SourceShape__AreaPerimeter_KmsShape__Length
Slieve Beagh Uplands657859.5390132967843103.63959860259302.16458913542654.3332461-7.1095131Environmental Resources Management Ireland Limited in association with ERA-Maptec Ltd93404095.279693649.800272838650849895.70929897337
Blackwater Valley & Drumlin Farmland667866.9434112172841093.696359587318506.04661939977854.3139532-6.9561072Environmental Resources Management Ireland Limited in association with ERA-Maptec Ltd185825671.8052368285.2403622219507585410.09357558933
Smithborough Hills659571.6953104456832892.17072857536818.61175547517954.2412943-7.0852223Environmental Resources Management Ireland Limited in association with ERA-Maptec Ltd68465333.6849365238.1186303022545638204.81330047166
Mullyash Uplands681154.2603877775826572.07621133628807.77525771185754.1815444-6.7558556Environmental Resources Management Ireland Limited in association with ERA-Maptec Ltd88443868.4402465854.8388576480363154952.088497127246
Monaghan Drumlin Uplands664689.7141884684826033.507304865822310.0231194051354.1790455-7.0081845Environmental Resources Management Ireland Limited in association with ERA-Maptec Ltd224014099.542205894.3784940016597294609.08732102452
Ballybay Castleblayney Lakelands670039.096399781819106.492750813614948.15847956477654.1161026-6.9278537Environmental Resources Management Ireland Limited in association with ERA-Maptec Ltd150094395.738555994.7217584393705394967.97602051987
Drumlin and Upland Farmland of South Monaghan676316.4309849621809490.713731882526446.55528806746254.028817-6.8342718Environmental Resources Management Ireland Limited in association with ERA-Maptec Ltd265552791.4889526480.8611726706742581038.54142319586
Carrickmacross Drumlin & Lowland Farmland686685.0498611644803587.826114115115174.10202317482353.9741378-6.6777189Environmental Resources Management Ireland Limited in association with ERA-Maptec Ltd152368090.136962969.6863498748234369835.57647199248

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