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Scottish water well records

The collection consists of records for c.5000 wells and springs in Scotland mostly lodged by drillers in compliance with the Water Act. These include data on well construction, water yields, water levels, water chemistry and well lithology. The collection is organised on the One-Inch Geological Sheet basis. Catalogues for wells in Central Scotland were published between 1963 and 1969. The BGS Single Onshore Borehole Index (SOBI) provides a partial digital index to the records.
 
Citation proposal
Enquiries (British Geological Survey). Scottish water well records. https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/api/records/9df8df51-62db-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98

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Date ( Creation )
1870
Identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480138

  Distributor

British Geological Survey - Enquiries  
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South EDINBURGH LOTHIAN EH14 4AP United Kingdom

  0115 936 3142  
  0115 936 3276 

  Originator

British Geological Survey - Enquiries  
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South EDINBURGH LOTHIAN EH14 4AP United Kingdom

  0115 936 3142  
  0115 936 3276 

  Point of contact

British Geological Survey - Enquiries  
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South EDINBURGH LOTHIAN EH14 4AP United Kingdom

  0115 936 3142  
  0115 936 3276 

  Distributor

British Geological Survey - Enquiries  
Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford WALLINGFORD OXON OX10 8BB United Kingdom

  01491 838800  
  01491 692345 

  Custodian

British Geological Survey - Enquiries  
Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford WALLINGFORD OXON OX10 8BB United Kingdom

  01491 838800  
  01491 692345 
Maintenance and update frequency
weekly Weekly
GEMET - INSPIRE themes
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Hydrogeology , Water wells , Water , Geology , Springs
Keywords
  • NERC_DDC
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Use constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.
Other constraints
Either: (i) the dataset is made freely available, e.g. via the Internet, for a restricted category of use (e.g. educational use only); or (ii) the dataset has not been formally approved by BGS for access and use by external clients under licence, but its use may be permitted under alternative formal arrangements; or (iii) the dataset contains 3rd party data or information obtained by BGS under terms and conditions that must be consulted in order to determine the permitted usage of the dataset. Refer to the BGS staff member responsible for the creation of the dataset if further advice is required. He / she should be familiar with the composition of the dataset, particularly with regard to 3rd party IPR contained in it, and any resultant use restrictions. This staff member should revert to the IPR Section (ipr@bgs.ac.uk ) for advice, should the position not be clear.
Denominator
10000
Metadata language
English English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
SCOTLAND [id=140000]

 

Date ( Creation )
1979

Geographic identifier
SCT

 

Date ( Revision )
2009

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W


Supplemental Information
Water Supply Papers of the Geological Survey of Great Britain: Well Catalogue Series - Scotland. (1963-69). Mainly relate to industrial areas of central Scotland.
Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700

 

Date ( Revision )
2005

Distribution format
  • COLLECTION - Collection of well records. Some of the data is held in the Scottish Groundwater Database ()

  Distributor

British Geological Survey - Enquiries  
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South EDINBURGH LOTHIAN EH14 4AP United Kingdom

  0115 936 3142  
  0115 936 3276 

  Distributor

British Geological Survey - Enquiries  
Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford WALLINGFORD OXON OX10 8BB United Kingdom

  01491 838800  
  01491 692345 
OnLine resource
BGS Homepage  

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dataset Dataset
Other
dataset

Conformance result

Date ( Publication )
2011
Explanation
See the referenced specification
Pass
false

Conformance result

Date ( Publication )
2010-12-08
Explanation
See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
Pass
false
Statement
Original records from drillers reports and field inventory, in process of digitisation.

gmd:MD_Metadata

File identifier
9df8df51-62db-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98   XML
Metadata language
English English
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2021-01-14
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3

  Point of contact

British Geological Survey  
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South EDINBURGH LOTHIAN EH14 4AP United Kingdom

  +44 131 667 1000  
Dataset URI
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480138
 
 

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