MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0042293
Shelfmark:
Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 29)
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
Part of Birss.
Creator:
Gordon, Robert (b.1580, d.1661)
Creator Role:
Mapmaker
Creator:
Pont, Timothy (b.1564, d.Circa 1614)
Creator Role:
Surveyor
Creator:
Sibbald, Robert (b.1641, d.1722)
Creator Role:
Associated Person
Date:
1634-1655
Description:
A map of a part of mid-Deeside, showing the country east of Aboyne, around Lumphanan and Torphins. On the northern edge of the map, scale is foreshortened by including Bennachie. The most prominent feature is the 'Loch of Achlossin', formerly located near the present day farm of Auchlosson, but no longer existent. The map was compiled by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661), at an unknown date after 1633. The main source of the compilation is likely to be the observations of Timothy Pont, in the last two decades of the sixteenth century, with the possibility of original additions by Gordon.
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
20.3 x 15.2cm (8 x 6")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Pen and ink
Subject Place:
Aberdeenshire
Subject Place:
Deeside
Subject Place:
Scotland
Reference:
Taylor, Alexander B., 'Manuscript maps of Pont, the Gordons and Adair in the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh',Scottish Geographical Magazine, Nov., 1907, p.587.
Rights Statement:
© 2002 The National Library of Scotland
Repro File Type:
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes):
44659246
Repro Title:
Part of Birss. [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 4512
Repro ID Number:
0042293c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00000361
Repro Capture Date:
17/05/2000

Part of Birss. [1 of 1]

Part of Birss. [1 of 1]