UNITED KINGDOM · SCOTLAND · LANDSCAPE · GEOLOGY & SOILS
Prime Agricultural Land (Scotland)
What this layer shows
Land of Land Capability for Agriculture classes 1 to 3.1, the land Scottish planning policy treats as prime agricultural land, from the soil survey maps. The mapping is at 1:50,000 and 1:250,000 scale, so a field boundary can fall either side of the line.
Publisher and licence
Soil Survey of Scotland Staff (1981). Land Capability for Agriculture maps of Scotland at a scale of 1:50,000 and 1:250 000. Macaulay Institute for Soil Research · Aberdeen. Copyright and database right The James Hutton Institute. James Hutton Institute Open Data Licence
Soil Survey of Scotland Staff (1981). Land Capability for Agriculture maps of Scotland at a scale of 1:50,000 and 1:250 000. Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen. Copyright and database right The James Hutton Institute. James Hutton Institute Open Data Licence
Where the data comes from
ARCGIS · maps.gov.scot
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Facts shown for each feature
Prime class code
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- Superficial Deposits 1:625,000 (BGS)
- Geological Faults 1:625,000 (BGS)
- Igneous Dykes 1:625,000 (BGS)
- Radon Potential (UK Radon Atlas, 1 km)
- Coalfield Consultation Areas