 | This is the template sandbox page for Template:Canmore (diff). See also the companion subpage for test cases. |
 | This template is a Citation Style 1 wrapper template based on {{Cite web}}. For centralised Citation Style 1 discussions, see Help talk:Citation Style 1. |
This template is used to provide a link to the Canmore online database of Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment (http://canmore.org.uk/) for a specified monument record in Scotland. Formerly maintained by RCAHMS, since 2015 it is maintained by Historic Environment Scotland.
The database record contains nearly 320,000 records on buildings, archaeological, industrial and maritime sites across Scotland.
 | Canmore website closure In May 2025, Historic Environment Scotland announced that on 24 June 2025 the Canmore website would be switched off.Content from the database has been transferred to the trove.scot website launched in February 2025. The {{Historic Environment Scotland}} template can be used to provide citations from the trove.scot website. |
| Converting citations from the Canmore template to the Historic Environment Scotland template For 'Sites' in the Canmore database it is possible to convert uses of the Canmore template to the {{Historic Environment Scotland}} template:
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Usage
[edit]Required parameter
[edit]- num: The monument, collection or event number from the database.
Optional parameters
[edit]- class: to link to the 'collection', 'event' and 'gallery' pages of the website, for example:
https://canmore.org.uk/collection/######. Do not use for 'site' which is the default url. Accepted values are:- C = collection
- E = event
- G = gallery
- desc: The name of the database entry. If this parameter is not used default text "Monument No." will be displayed instead. (or if using 'class' the default text will be "Collection No.", "Event ID." or "Gallery")
- access-date: The date information was retrieved from the database. Alias: accessdate
- mode: defaults to
|mode=cs1; set to|mode=cs2to provide consistency with citation style 2, as produced by{{citation}} - postscript: controls the closing punctuation for the citation; defaults to a period (
.); for no terminating punctuation, set to|postscript=none, however using|mode=cs2does this automatically - fewer-links: Use
|fewer-links=yesto remove repeated links to 'Historic Environment Scotland' where the template is used more than once in an article, or if similar templates with the same links are used (e.g. {{Historic Environment Scotland}})
Examples
[edit]{{Canmore |num=4121}} gives:
{{Canmore |num=383697 |class=C}} gives:
{{Canmore |num=4121 |desc=Lewis, Dun Carloway}} gives:
{{Canmore |num=4121 |desc=Lewis, Dun Carloway |access-date=15 August 2025}} gives:
- Historic Environment Scotland. "Lewis, Dun Carloway (4121)". Canmore. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
{{Canmore |num=4121 |desc=Lewis, Dun Carloway |access-date=15 August 2025 |fewer-links=yes}} gives:
- Historic Environment Scotland. "Lewis, Dun Carloway (4121)". Canmore. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
{{Canmore |num=904119 |class=E |desc=J. S. Lees Grocers (Former) |mode=cs2 |access-date=15 August 2025}} gives:
- Historic Environment Scotland, "J. S. Lees Grocers (Former) (904119)", Canmore, retrieved 15 August 2025
Template data
[edit]TemplateData for Canmore
Provides an external link to an entry on the Canmore database
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| num | num | the Canmore ID number from the database | String | required |
| class | class | to change the URL for sections of the database other than 'site': enter as 'C', 'E' or 'G'. | String | optional |
| desc | desc | Additional text description such as the name of the building or site. Useful if there are several listed objects in an article. If this parameter is not used default text 'Monument No.' will be displayed instead.
| String | suggested |
| access-date | access-date accessdate | The date a Wikipedia editor retrieved information from the Canmore database.
| String | suggested |
| mode | mode | defaults to 'cs1'; set to 'cs2' to provide consistency with Citation style 2, as produced by {{citation}} | String | optional |
| postscript | postscript | controls the closing punctuation for the citation; defaults to a period (.); for no terminating punctuation set to none, however using mode=cs2 does this automatically
| String | optional |
| fewer-links | fewer-links | Set to 'yes' to remove repeated links where the template is used more than once in an article.
| String | optional |
See also
[edit]- {{Historic England research records}} — provides a link to the Historic England research records available through the Heritage Gateway (which replaced PastScape), formerly known as the National Monuments Record (NMR)
- {{Historic Environment Scotland}} — provides a link to the Historic Environment Scotland database (formerly maintained by Historic Scotland)