Detail View: Charting The Nation: Memoir Anent Carnwaths Encroachments & a schem of coals 1701 [1 of 1]
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Work Record ID:
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0043839
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Shelfmark:
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RHP3844
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Holding Institution:
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National Archives of Scotland
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Title:
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Memoir Anent Carnwaths Encroachments & a schem of coals 1701
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Creator:
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Clerk, John, Sir of Penicuik
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Creator Role:
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Landowner
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Creator:
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Lockhart, George, Laird of Carnwath (b.1681, d.1731)
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Creator Role:
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Landowner
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Date:
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1700-1701
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Description:
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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'.
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Work Type:
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Manuscript map/plan
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Measurement:
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30.8 x 19.1cm (1' 1/8" x 7 1/2")
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Material:
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Paper
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Technique:
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Pen and ink
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Subject Place:
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Bilston
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Subject Place:
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Bilston Burn
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Subject Place:
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Dryden Tower
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Subject Place:
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Lasswade
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Subject Place:
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Loanhead
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Subject Place:
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Midlothian
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Subject Place:
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Scotland
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Subject Category:
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Boundary disputes
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Subject Category:
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Mines and mineral resources
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Reference:
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Adams, Ian H., Descriptive List of Plans in the Scottish Record Office, v. 4, HMSO Edinburgh, 1988, p.68.
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Rights Statement:
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Courtesy of the Keeper of the Records of Scotland
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Repro File Type:
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Cropped Tiff
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Repro File Size (bytes):
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66546798
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Repro Title:
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Memoir Anent Carnwaths Encroachments & a schem of coals 1701 [1 of 1]
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Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
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7072 x 7072
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Repro ID Number:
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0043839c.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00002135
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Repro Capture Date:
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31/01/2001 11:42:00
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