Tagging recommendations for UK heritage data.
Battlefields[]
Location or area of a historic military engagement.
- historic=battlefield
- english_heritage:id=<identifier id used by english heritage>
- name=<name of battle> (optional)
- date=<date of battle> (optional)
See also [1]
Listed Buildings[]
Legally protected buildings under UK law
- building=<yes or one of the building values>
- listed_building=<designated type of I, II* or II>
- listed_building:ref=<identifier id used by english heritage>
- name=<name of building> (optional)
Other tags that can be used include tourism=attraction, etc.
Parks and Gardens[]
An area listed in "Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England" [2]
- historic_garden=<designated type of I, II* or II>
- historic_garden:id=<identifier id used by english heritage>
- name=<name of garden> (optional)
Historic sites may be tagged with leisure=garden, place=locality, tourism=attraction, leisure=park depending on land use.
Protected Wreck Sites[]
TBD
Scheduled Monuments[]
A scheduled ancient monument protected under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 [3].
- scheduled_monument=yes
- scheduled_monument:id=<identifier id used by english heritage>
This may be combined with associated tags such historic=archaeological_site, historic=ruins, historic=castle, tourism=attraction, etc.
World Heritage Sites[]
TBD
Source Tag[]
Data that was derived from English Heritage datasets [4] should be attributed as:
source=english_heritage_opendata
Roman Roads[]
Some roman roads are shown on OS Streetview, 7th series and NPE. They are distinctive in being very straight.
historic=roman_road
Examples[]
Historic parkland with current mixed usage:
- historic_garden=II*
- historic_garden:id=1001174
- name=Orchards
- source=english_heritage_opendata
- place=locality
Historic archaeological site:
- name=Medieval moated site of Guildford Park Manor, Manor Farm
- scheduled_monument=yes
- scheduled_monument:id=1012785
- english_heritage_opendata=english_heritage_opendata
- historic=archaeological_site