MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0042465
Shelfmark:
RHP582
Holding Institution:
National Archives of Scotland
Title:
[Plan of the Braid and Niddrie burns]
Imprint:
[Edinburgh: Kirkwood?, n.d.]
Creator:
Kirkwood [Lithographers]
Creator Role:
Engraver
Date:
1765-1799
Description:
This plan titled 'Draught of Braid's Burn etc.' was engraved by Kirkwood in the second half of the 18th century. It shows an area in the environs of Edinburgh around Duddingston. It has no scale or compass and it is not coloured. Handwritten annotations in red ink mark the line of supply of water from the burns to water cisterns at Comiston and Swanston and show lands to be alienated. The plan may have been drawn to settle a water dispute. Other features of interest include the villages of Portobello and Duddingston, with associated mills, mansions etc. On the coast there is a salt works belonging to Lord Abercorn. Salt would have been produced by boiling and evaporating sea water.
Work Type:
Printed map/plan
Measurement:
38.5 x 39.5cm (1' 3 3/16" x 1' 3 9/16")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Uncoloured
Subject Place:
Duddingston
Subject Place:
Edinburgh
Subject Place:
Midlothian
Subject Place:
Portobello
Subject Place:
Scotland
Subject Category:
Rivers (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Rights Statement:
Courtesy of the Keeper of the Records of Scotland
Repro File Type:
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes):
81975008
Repro Title:
[Plan of the Braid and Niddrie burns] [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0042465c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00001747
Repro Capture Date:
05/12/2000 14:26:00

[Plan of the Braid and Niddrie burns] [1 of 1]

[Plan of the Braid and Niddrie burns] [1 of 1]