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>I'm hoping that this UKDFD data is on the PAS! The location of the finds (e.g. 'near Winchester') is far too vague for it to be of any use to our HER; in the proposal it states ' a four-figure grid reference or parish' - again too vague to be of any real use? >Also, it states that 'no findspot...would be published on the Internet' - no good for online HERs then! I regularly plot detected finds to eight or ten figures, but have my output threshold set at four figures at the request of the detectorists supplying me with the information. I do the same for any records for hoards or gold finds. Some of the detectorists on UKDFD only record to parish level, and many are circumspect as to exact location because they don't want interference on the sites. This sort of data is no worse than many records derived from 19th century antiquarians, where parish-level locations are common. It depends on what you mean by *real use* of the information. It doesn't say no publishing of findspots on the internet, only no publishing of precise locational information. Andy Andrew Nicholson SMR Officer Dumfries and Galloway Council Planning and Environment (Archaeology) Newall Terrace, Dumfries, DG1 1LW Tel: 01387 260154 (int. 64154) Fax: 01387 260149 + <mailto:[log in to unmask]> . Drop Point 228 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any email message sent or received by the Council may require to be disclosed by the Council under the provisions of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ P SAVE PAPER - Please do not print this e-mail unless absolutely necessary