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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0042856
Shelfmark:
C.18.37/1
Holding Institution:
University of Edinburgh Library, Special Collections
Title:
[Detail from:] A map of Stirlingshire from a Survey by William Edgar in 1745, with a few alterations to accommodate it to the present time ; ... [Detail of the plan of the battle of Bannochburn, 1314]
Imprint:
[Edinburgh: William Creech, 1777]
Creator:
Edgar, William (active 1745)
Creator Role:
Surveyor
Creator:
Nimmo, William (active 1777)
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Creech, William (b.1745, d.1815)
Creator Role:
Publisher
Date:
1745-1777
Description:
This map of Stirlingshire, printed by the Rev. William Nimmo in 1777, has marginal drawings of several antiquities, and insets showing the layouts of the battles of Bannockburn in 1314 and Falkirk in 1298. Battle sites are also marked on the map. At Bannockburn, Robert Bruce defeated the larger English army of Edward II by careful use of the terrain. As the plan shows, Bruce placed his forces on the high ground so that the English army had to cross boggy ground and the burn. The interest in military sites is also shown by the drawing of the Antoinine wall (see full image #00001683), built between the Forth and Clyde by the Romans in the 2nd century AD. The associated Roman road north, the Gask Way, is also marked.
Work Type:
Printed map/plan
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Uncoloured
Subject Place:
Bannockburn,Scotland,Stirlingshire
Subject Category:
Historical geography
Reference:
Moir, D.G., Early maps of Scotland, v.2, 1983, p.237.
Related Work Title:
William Nimmo, A general history of Stirlingshire; containing an account of the ancient monuments, ... with the natural history of the shire. ... Illustrated with a large map ... Edinburgh : printed for William Creech, and sold by T. Cadell, London, 1777.
Related Work Notes:
Host Item
Rights Statement:
© 2002 Edinburgh University Library
Repro File Type:
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes):
10926454
Repro Title:
[Detail from:] A map of Stirlingshire from a Survey by William Edgar in 1745, with a few alterations to accommodate it to the present time ; ... [Detail of the plan of the battle of Bannochburn, 1314] [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
5740 x 2402
Repro ID Number:
0042856c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00001683a
Repro Capture Date:
22/11/2000 14:15:00

[Detail from:] A map of Stirlingshire from a Survey by William Edgar in 1745, with a few a...

[Detail from:] A map of Stirlingshire from a Survey by William Edgar in 1745, with a few alterations to accommodate it to the present time ; ... [Detail of the plan of the battle of Bannochburn, 1314] [1 of 1]