Key:ruins
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 ruins
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For features which are in ruins. 
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This tag is used in two ways:
- as ruins=yes to indicate that a structure is in ruins,
- as a sub-tag of historic=ruins to define the historic structure that is in ruins.
ruins=yes
ruins=yes is used in conjunction with a tag representing a structure to indicate that the structure is in ruins, e.g. historic=castle + ruins=yes or building=yes + ruins=yes
Notes:
- Most data consumers don't evaluate the tag ruins=yes and thus handle the structure as it were intact. It is especially problematic for features such as amenity=hospital where ruins=yes would be a trolltag. For this reason, an unknown part of mappers advise not to use ruins=yes.[1] As an alternative, historic=ruins together with a historic=* sub-tag is often used for historical ruins (see section Sub-tag of historic=ruins below) and the lifecycle prefix ruins: for non-historic features. Though for some features, such as castles - also a ruined one fulfils very similar function (tourism attraction) so ruins=yes is not always a very big problem.
- Some mappers use ruins=yes for structures that are still recognisable for what they once used to be, and historic=ruins or ruins: for structures that are no longer recognisable for what they used to be (e.g. where only the foundation walls are still visible).
| Tagging with ruins=yes | Alternative tagging |
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| historic=castle + ruins=yes | historic=ruins + ruins=castle |
| building=yes + ruins=yes | ruins:building=yes |
Sub-tag of historic=ruins
ruins=* is used in conjunction with historic=ruins to define the historic structure that is in ruins, e.g. historic=ruins + ruins=church. Some used values are:
| Key | Value | Description |
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| ruins | church | Ruins of a historic church |
| ruins | castle | Ruins of a historic castle |
| ruins | fort | Ruins of a historic fort |
| ruins | tower | Ruins of a historic tower |
| ruins | monastery | Ruins of a historic monastery |
| ruins | temple | Ruins of a historic temple |
| ruins | chapel | Ruins of a historic chapel |