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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0043839
Shelfmark:
RHP3844
Holding Institution:
National Archives of Scotland
Title:
Memoir Anent Carnwaths Encroachments & a schem of coals 1701
Creator:
Clerk, John, Sir of Penicuik
Creator Role:
Landowner
Creator:
Lockhart, George, Laird of Carnwath (b.1681, d.1731)
Creator Role:
Landowner
Date:
1700-1701
Description:
This plan, drawn in brown ink, (probably by Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, the 1st. baronet, who died in 1722), relates to a dispute between Sir John and the 'Laird of Carnwath', his neighbour, over the sinking of shafts to mine coal near Bilston Burn, Loanhead, Midlothian. At the top of the plan is a diagram of three smaller seams of 3 feet and 6 feet thickness, and the shafts sunk into them by both Sir John Clerk and by the 'Laird of Carnwath'. At the bottom of the sheet is a diagram of the 'great seam' of 15 feet, with a drawing of Dryden Tower beside it, which helps in locating the area of disputed land. An extensive note at the bottom of the sheet, probably in Sir John Clerk's handwriting, claims that the 'libertie' to sink shafts in the disputed land belongs only to the proprietor of Penicuik, but that Carnwath has sunk a shaft 'to gain ye great seam'.
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
30.8 x 19.1cm (1' 1/8" x 7 1/2")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Pen and ink
Subject Place:
Bilston
Subject Place:
Bilston Burn
Subject Place:
Dryden Tower
Subject Place:
Lasswade
Subject Place:
Loanhead
Subject Place:
Midlothian
Subject Place:
Scotland
Subject Category:
Boundary disputes
Subject Category:
Mines and mineral resources
Reference:
Adams, Ian H., Descriptive List of Plans in the Scottish Record Office, v. 4, HMSO Edinburgh, 1988, p.68.
Rights Statement:
Courtesy of the Keeper of the Records of Scotland
Repro File Type:
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes):
66546798
Repro Title:
Memoir Anent Carnwaths Encroachments & a schem of coals 1701 [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0043839c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00002135
Repro Capture Date:
31/01/2001 11:42:00

Memoir Anent Carnwaths Encroachments & a schem of coals 1701 [1 of 1]

Memoir Anent Carnwaths Encroachments & a schem of coals 1701 [1 of 1]