CANMORE
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Canmore is an online database maintained by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
. The Canmore database is a part of the National Monuments Record of Scotland
(or NMRS) and contains information on 240,000 archaeological sites, monuments, and buildings in Scotland
.
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland is an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government 'sponsored' [financed and with oversight] through Historic Scotland, an executive agency of the Scottish Government...
. The Canmore database is a part of the National Monuments Record of Scotland
National Monuments Record of Scotland
The National Monuments Record of Scotland was the term used for the archive of the sites, monuments and buildings of Scotland's past maintained by Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The separate name for the archive is no longer given prominence in RCAHMS...
(or NMRS) and contains information on 240,000 archaeological sites, monuments, and buildings in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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