Detail View: Charting The Nation: Map of Newhal & Brunston marches done by my sone 28 August 1713 [1 of 1]
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Work Record ID:
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0043849
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Shelfmark:
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RHP3842
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Holding Institution:
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National Archives of Scotland
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Title:
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Map of Newhal & Brunston marches done by my sone 28 August 1713
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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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Forbes, David of Newhall (active 1713)
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Creator Role:
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Landowner
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Date:
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1713
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Description:
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This map was sketched by the 'sone' of Sir John Clerk, the first baronet of Penicuik (d. 1722), in support of Sir John's claims in the dispute with his neighbour, Sir David Forbes of Newhall, over the boundaries of their respective lands. The contention on the map seems to be that the correct boundary is 'the syke' marked 'ee', 'which by the countrey people has been understood to be the march', and that the line marked 'dd', 'the land which Sr d f would mark the march between his lands and brunstoun', is not correct. Sir John's authority for the coal syke being the correct boundary is a document from 1518, which records in meticulous detail the walking of the marches in that year, which supposedly settled the boundaries. In the map in image 00002255, dated a month later, on 10 September 1713, part of the 1518 document is quoted exactly, to support the claim. The cause of the dispute is presumably the seam of coal (stated to be '6 foot thick' on two later maps, dated 1717) which runs across both Sir David Forbes' and Sir John Clerk's properties, and which Sir David has started to mine. Taking the line 'dd' as the boundary gives Sir David more access to the coal. Sir John had had other disputes with neighbours as to the ownership of, or access to coal seams (see map on image 00002135). This map shows the two farms at Nine Mile Burn, the 'mercat road' to Edinburgh, the Monksburn running into the North Esk, Moorfield House and its loch (now Marfield House and farm), and the Kow Craig. The two 1717 maps concerning this dispute are in images 00001750 and 00002242.
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Work Type:
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Manuscript map/plan
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Measurement:
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18.2 x 22.1cm (7 3/16 x 8 11/16")
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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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Brunstane
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Subject Place:
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Midlothian
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Subject Place:
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Monks Burn
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Subject Place:
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Newhall
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Subject Place:
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Nine Mile Burn
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Subject Place:
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North Esk
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Subject Place:
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Penicuik
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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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Sinclair, John, The Statistical Account of Scotland, v.10, Edinburgh, 1792, pp.419-32.
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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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62016910
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Repro Title:
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Map of Newhal & Brunston marches done by my sone 28 August 1713 [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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0043849c.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00002145
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Repro Capture Date:
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31/01/2001 15:35:00
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