MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0042407
Shelfmark:
Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 43)
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
Glen Yla, Glen Ardle, Glen Shye,
Creator:
Pont, Timothy (b.1564, d.Circa 1614)
Creator Role:
Surveyor
Creator:
Gordon, Robert (b.1580, d.1661)
Creator Role:
Mapmaker
Date:
1634-1655
Description:
A map of a part of Angus and east Perthshire but with the detail confined to Glen Damff, Glen Isla and Glen Shee. The mountains at the head of Glen Isla and Glen Shee are named individually. The map was compiled by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661), at an unknown date after 1633. Gordon acknowledges his source as the records of Timothy Pont, compiled in the last two decades of the sixteenth century.
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
34.5 x 31.5cm (1' 1 9/16" x 1' 3/8")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Pen and ink
Subject Place:
Angus
Subject Place:
Glen Isla
Subject Place:
Glen Shee
Subject Place:
Perthshire
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.589.
Rights Statement:
© 2002 The National Library of Scotland
Repro File Type:
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes):
102660760
Repro Notes:
43
Repro Title:
Glen Yla, Glen Ardle, Glen Shye, [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0042407c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00000665
Repro Capture Date:
27/06/2000 11:10:00

Glen Yla, Glen Ardle, Glen Shye, [1 of 1]

Glen Yla, Glen Ardle, Glen Shye, [1 of 1]