Detail View: Charting The Nation: The Profile of The great Coale of Newbattle [1 of 1]
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Work Record ID:
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0043876
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Shelfmark:
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RHP37902
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Holding Institution:
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National Archives of Scotland
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Title:
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The Profile of The great Coale of Newbattle
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Creator:
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Anonymous
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Creator Role:
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Mapmaker
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Date:
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1700-1799
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Description:
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These diagrams show the state of workings at Newbattle Pit in the eighteenth century. Unfortunately, there is no known surveyor or draughtsman, and no date other than just 'the eighteenth century'. There is a full explanation of the meaning of the colours and letters on both diagrams. The uncoloured one shows the whole pit, and which area has previously been worked and which is being worked at present. 'ABCD The Profile of The great Coale of Newbattle: all above ab wrought By a Formir Levell and all Below By the present' The coloured diagram details the seams, levels and dykes, and their use, or proposed use. 'EFGH The Plan of Sd Coale So Far as yet Wrought By Saids Present level, ab The Dyke presently Put over westward, mn The level mine From Newbattle to the Coal at Bryans, cd a Dyke Eastward of The Sd levele: egf two Dykes of the Same Kind Alredy Put over as Far as i which is The level room Working in' It also mentions that ' uvnx is the Space wher The Fire happned now Pent up from all communication of air yz'. It is also noted that 'at Present kLOPqrst is standing By bieng Softt and unsalible coale'. The monks of Newbattle Abbey are recorded as being the first people in Scotland to mine and sell coal. In the post-Reformation times, when coal-mining was in the hands of the private landowners, conditions were notoriously bad, and the status of the Scottish miners and their families little better than that of slaves tied to their master, right up to the middle of the nineteenth century. The 'Bearrers' mentioned here were always women.
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Work Type:
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Manuscript map/plan
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Measurement:
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31 x 40.7cm (1' 3/16" x 1' 4")
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Material:
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Paper
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Technique:
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Coloured
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Subject Place:
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Scotland
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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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110106678
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Repro Title:
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The Profile of The great Coale of Newbattle [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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0043876c.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00002214
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Repro Capture Date:
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14/02/2001 13:51:00
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