Detail View: Charting The Nation: [Plan of Arniston (Harnstoune) and Shank (Schanck) with enlarged plan of Castleton on reverse, relative to action Dundas v. Elphinstoun, 1586] [1 of 2]

Work Record ID: 
0042524
Shelfmark: 
RHP82800
Holding Institution: 
National Archives of Scotland
Title: 
[Plan of Arniston (Harnstoune) and Shank (Schanck) with enlarged plan of Castleton on reverse, relative to action Dundas v. Elphinstoun, 1586]
Creator: 
Anonymous
Creator Role: 
Surveyor
Date: 
1586
Description: 
This anonymous plan was drawn in 1586 in relation to legal action between Dundas and Elphinstoun. It shows lands at Harnstoune (Arniston) and Schanck (Shank). There is a large plan of Castleton on the reverse. The plan is strongly coloured with deep green and brown washes distinguishing pasture, arable and woodlands. Buildings are shown in a bird's eye view with the exception of Schanck (Shank) castle which is shown in elevation surrounded by its garden. At Harnstoune (Arniston) a stone bridge and a waulkmill are drawn. At waulkmills flax was worked to separate the linen fibre from the woody stems. Linen was an important industry in the 16th century.
Work Type: 
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement: 
55 x 40.5cm (1' 9 5/8" x 1' 3 15/16")
Material: 
Paper
Technique: 
Hand coloured
Subject Place: 
Arniston
Subject Place: 
Borthwick
Subject Place: 
Castleton
Subject Place: 
Midlothian
Subject Place: 
Scotland
Subject Place: 
Shank
Subject Place: 
South Esk River
Subject Place: 
Temple Church
Reference: 
Omond, George William, The Arniston memoirs. Three centuries of a Scottish house, Edinburgh: 1887, p.3.
Rights Statement: 
Courtesy of the Keeper of the Records of Scotland
Repro File Type: 
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes): 
113282398
Repro Title: 
[Plan of Arniston (Harnstoune) and Shank (Schanck) with enlarged plan of Castleton on reverse, relative to action Dundas v. Elphinstoun, 1586] [1 of 2]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels): 
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number: 
0042524c.tif
Repro Old ID Number: 
00001813
Repro Capture Date: 
15/12/2000 15:51:00