Detail View: Charting The Nation: Fyffe imperfect, M.T.P. : [and] Pt. of the Par: of Abyrnathy [1 of 1]

Work Record ID: 
0042430
Shelfmark: 
Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 54)
Holding Institution: 
National Library of Scotland
Title: 
Fyffe imperfect, M.T.P. : [and] Pt. of the Par: of Abyrnathy
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: 
The larger of the two maps on this sheet covers northwest Fife, west of Falkland and mostly north of the River Eden. The map was compiled by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661), at an unknown date after 1633. The source of the compilation was the observations of Timothy Pont, in the last two decades of the sixteenth century, but it is evident from notes on the map that Gordon was critical of his source. The smaller map, pasted on to the larger sheet, shows northwest Fife between Elcho Castle and Balmerino Abbey, as far as south as Wedersbie Hill, Mount Hill and Mountquhaine House. It was compiled by Timothy Pont from observations on the ground in the late sixteenth century.
Work Type: 
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement: 
37.5 x 28.5cm (1' 2 3/4" x 11 1/4")
Material: 
Paper
Technique: 
Pen and ink
Subject Place: 
Dundee
Subject Place: 
Fife
Subject Place: 
Scotland
Subject Place: 
St. Andrews
Reference: 
Taylor, Alexander B., 'Manuscript maps of Pont, the Gordons and Adair in the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh',Scottish Geographical Magazine, Nov., 1907, p.590.
Reference: 
Stone, Jeffrey C., The Pont manuscript maps of Scotland, 1989, pp.198-199.
Rights Statement: 
© 2002 The National Library of Scotland
Repro File Type: 
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes): 
118210486
Repro Notes: 
54
Repro Title: 
Fyffe imperfect, M.T.P. : [and] Pt. of the Par: of Abyrnathy [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels): 
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number: 
0042430c.tif
Repro Old ID Number: 
00000675
Repro Capture Date: 
27/06/2000 15:30:00