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Table 3<br />

Value of descriptive<br />

group attribute<br />

Building<br />

Buildings or structure<br />

Built environment<br />

General feature<br />

General surface<br />

Glasshouse<br />

Height control<br />

Description of value Theme Examples<br />

Features representing buildings<br />

(not including glasshouses)<br />

Text features describing or<br />

naming buildings and structures<br />

Geographic areas and extents<br />

of man-made environments,<br />

terrain and communication links<br />

General topographic features<br />

and minor detail<br />

Features representing,<br />

describing or limiting areas of<br />

land not covered by buildings or<br />

structures<br />

Features representing<br />

glasshouses<br />

Features with height<br />

information<br />

Buildings<br />

Building<br />

Land<br />

Land<br />

Land<br />

Building<br />

Terrain and<br />

height<br />

Historic interest Features of heritage value Heritage and<br />

antiquities<br />

Inland water<br />

Landform<br />

Natural environment<br />

Network or polygon<br />

closing geometry<br />

Path<br />

Political or<br />

administrative<br />

Rail<br />

Road or track<br />

Features representing,<br />

describing or limiting areas of<br />

water that are not tidal<br />

Features representing,<br />

describing or limiting areas of<br />

landform, for example, slopes<br />

or cliffs<br />

Features representing<br />

geographic areas and extents<br />

of natural environments and<br />

terrain<br />

Features used to close<br />

polygons<br />

Features representing and<br />

limiting the extent of pathways<br />

Features representing political<br />

or electoral boundaries<br />

Features representing,<br />

describing or limiting the<br />

extents of railways<br />

Features representing,<br />

describing or limiting the<br />

extents of roadways and tracks<br />

Water<br />

Land<br />

Land<br />

Land and road,<br />

tracks and paths<br />

Roads, tracks<br />

and paths<br />

Administrative<br />

Boundary<br />

Rail<br />

Roads, tracks<br />

and paths<br />

Houses, barns factories<br />

Houses, barns factories<br />

Residential land, car<br />

parks, agricultural land,<br />

slopes, cliffs and quarries<br />

Residential land, car<br />

parks, agricultural land,<br />

slopes, cliffs and quarries<br />

Residential land, car<br />

parks, agricultural land,<br />

slopes, cliffs and quarries<br />

Glasshouse<br />

Bench marks<br />

Text indicating the site of a<br />

historic event or an actual<br />

physical historical<br />

structure such as<br />

Hadrian’s Wall<br />

Streams, lakes, rivers and<br />

canals<br />

Residential land, car<br />

parks, agricultural land,<br />

slopes, cliffs and quarries<br />

Residential land, car<br />

parks, agricultural land,<br />

slopes, cliffs and quarries<br />

Road junctions, gardens<br />

Road section,<br />

roundabouts, central<br />

reservations, cycle paths<br />

Euro, county, district, ward<br />

and civil parish<br />

boundaries, boundary<br />

stones and boundary<br />

mereing symbols<br />

Rail alignments,<br />

permanent way and<br />

railway land<br />

Road section,<br />

roundabouts, central<br />

reservations<br />

OS MasterMap Topography Layer user guide chapter 4 v1.3 – 07/2007 © Crown copyright Page 38 of 140

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