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Subject Place
[Aberdeen, Scotland]
Description
Blackwell was Principal of Marischal College, Aberdeen. He thanks Keith for the gift of James Gordon's map of Aberdeen - 'a curious Map of the two Towns' (image no. 00001480) - coins minted at Aberdeen, etc.
Work Record ID
0042866
Subject Place
[Aberdeen, Scotland]
Description
Blackwell was Principal of Marischal College, Aberdeen. He thanks Keith for the gift of James Gordon's map of Aberdeen - 'a curious Map of the two Towns' (image no. 00001480) - coins minted at Aberdeen, etc.
Work Record ID
0042866
Subject Place
[Aberdeen, Scotland]
Description
Blackwell was Principal of Marischal College, Aberdeen. He thanks Keith for the gift of James Gordon's map of Aberdeen - 'a curious Map of the two Towns' (image no. 00001480) - coins minted at Aberdeen, etc.
Work Record ID
0042866
Subject Place
[Aberdeen, Scotland]
Description
Blackwell, as Principal of Marischal College, thanks Keith for the gift of Robert Gordon's map of Aberdeen (see image no. 00001410), etc. 'The Map is a real Curiosity, & by it's great Exactness, worthy of the well-known Name of it's Maker; ... your Map & Coin are to be laid up in our Repository, with a Ticket annex'd, bearing the Name of the Donor...'.
Work Record ID
0043955
Subject Place
[Aberdeen, Scotland]
Description
Blackwell, as Principal of Marischal College, thanks Keith for the gift of Robert Gordon's map of Aberdeen (see image no. 00001410), etc. 'The Map is a real Curiosity, & by it's great Exactness, worthy of the well-known Name of it's Maker; ... your Map & Coin are to be laid up in our Repository, with a Ticket annex'd, bearing the Name of the Donor...'.
Work Record ID
0043955
Subject Place
[Aberdeen, Scotland]
Description
This manuscript copy of Gordon of Rothiemay's 1661 plan of Aberdeen, Abredonia Novae et veteris descriptio was made in 1750. It is considerably simplified from the original. Many details and decorative insets such as the city insignia have been omitted. At the top of the map is a handwritten annotation dated Aberdeen 1798 and signed by Robert Hamilton, Professor of Philosophy at Marischal College, Aberdeen. He states that he has checked this copy against the original in Marischal. This note probably alludes to the original which was given to the college in 1750 by Bishop Robert Keith. The note shows that this copy was in Aberdeen in 1798 but it does not prove it was copied there.
Work Record ID
0042507
Subject Place
[Aberdeen, Scotland]
Description
This manuscript copy of Gordon of Rothiemay's 1661 plan of Aberdeen, Abredonia Novae et veteris descriptio was made in 1750. It is considerably simplified from the original. Many details and decorative insets such as the city insignia have been omitted. At the top of the map is a handwritten annotation dated Aberdeen 1798 and signed by Robert Hamilton, Professor of Philosophy at Marischal College, Aberdeen. He states that he has checked this copy against the original in Marischal. This note probably alludes to the original which was given to the college in 1750 by Bishop Robert Keith. The note shows that this copy was in Aberdeen in 1798 but it does not prove it was copied there.
Work Record ID
0042507
Subject Place
[Aberdeen, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0042769
Subject Place
[Aberdeen, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0042769
Subject Place
[Aberdeen, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0042769
Subject Place
[Aberdeen, Scotland]
Description
On 16 October 1661, Parson James Gordon of Rothiemay presented his newly produced map of Aberdeen to the town council, who rewarded him with, 'a silver piece or cup of 20 oz of silver, a silk hat ... and a silk gown'. A note on the map, dated 1750, states that the map and a coin were given to Marischal College, Aberdeen. The handwriting has been identified as belonging to Bishop Robert Keith, a historian and collector who made several donations to his former university. Of particular interest are a series of annotations, mostly in Latin, apparently in a different handwriting. They are corrections and annotations to the map. For example in Old Aberdeen 'Cluyns Garden' is corrected to 'Cluny' and by the Queen's Links there appears to be an instruction on redrawing Broad Hill.
Work Record ID
0042821
Subject Place
[Edinburgh Castle, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0042707
Subject Place
[Aberdeen, Scotland]
Description
The earliest evidence for James Gordon's intention to map Aberdeen.
Work Record ID
0042839
Subject Place
[Aberdeen, Scotland]
Description
The earliest evidence for James Gordon's intention to map Aberdeen.
Work Record ID
0042839
Subject Place
[Aberdeen, Scotland]
Description
The earliest evidence for James Gordon's intention to map Aberdeen.
Work Record ID
0042839
Subject Place
[Edinburgh, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0042764
Subject Place
[Edinburgh, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0042764
Subject Place
[Cupar, Edinburgh, Fife, Scotland, St. Andrews]
Description
A map of Fife, together with plans of the towns of St Andrews and Cupar. The map is very detailed, with more than eleven hundred place-names. The map was compiled by James Gordon of Rothiemay (1617-1686), son of Robert Gordon of Straloch and is dated 1642, the year when James Gordon was requested by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland to compile a new survey of Fife. The manuscript is probably a duplicate of a draft compiled from Gordon's observations and sent to Amsterdam for engraving under the title of Fifae Vicecomitatus, before publication in Blaeu's 'Atlas Novus' of 1654. There are a number of small differences between the place-names of the printed map and of this manuscript.
Work Record ID
0042429
Subject Place
[Fife, Kinross-shire, Loch Leven, Scotland]
Description
A large scale map of Loch Leven in Fife and the country between the Ochil Hills and the Lomond Hills. The map was compiled by James Gordon of Rothiemay (1617-1686), son of Robert Gordon of Straloch, and is dated 25 October 1642. In that year, James Gordon was requested by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland to compile a new survey of Fife. Gordon's observations were compiled into a map entitled Fifae Vicecomitatus, first published in Blaeu's 'Atlas Novus' in 1654 together with two maps covering Fife drafted by Timothy Pont in the last two decades of the sixteenth century. This particular manuscript was probably not the source of the corresponding part of Gordon's printed map, however.
Work Record ID
0042428
Subject Place
[Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland]
Description
No printed version of this draft birds-eye-view is known.
Work Record ID
0043012
Subject Place
[Aberdeen, Scotland]
Subject Category
Cities and towns
Work Record ID
0043547
Subject Place
Scotland
Work Record ID
0042829
Subject Place
[Findhorn River, Glenmore, Loch Argaig, Loch Eil, Loch Ericht, Loch Garry, Loch Laggan, Moray, Nairn River, Scotland, Spean River, Spey River]
Description
A large map, oriented with south at the top, bounded in the north by the Moray Firth from Inverness to Cullen, and including the catchments of the Nairn, Findhorn and Spey. The map extends in a southwesterly direction as far as Loch Arkaig, Ben Nevis and Loch Eil, bordering on Ardgour. Where original work has faded in the Spey Valley, the map has been partly redrawn. The map is an uncompleted draft compiled by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661), at a date between 1633 and ca. 1645. The east part of the map covers country close to Gordon's home. Whilst most of Gordon's compilations are derivatory, notably from the maps of Timothy Pont, originality is most likely in the lower Spey valley.
Work Record ID
0042145
Subject Place
[Findhorn River, Glenmore, Loch Argaig, Loch Eil, Loch Ericht, Loch Garry, Loch Laggan, Moray, Nairn River, Scotland, Spean River, Spey River]
Description
A large map, oriented with south at the top, bounded in the north by the Moray Firth from Inverness to Cullen, and including the catchments of the Nairn, Findhorn and Spey. The map extends in a southwesterly direction as far as Loch Arkaig, Ben Nevis and Loch Eil, bordering on Ardgour. Where original work has faded in the Spey Valley, the map has been partly redrawn. The map is an uncompleted draft compiled by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661), at a date between 1633 and ca. 1645. The east part of the map covers country close to Gordon's home. Whilst most of Gordon's compilations are derivatory, notably from the maps of Timothy Pont, originality is most likely in the lower Spey valley.
Work Record ID
0042145
Subject Place
[Findhorn River, Glenmore, Loch Argaig, Loch Eil, Loch Ericht, Loch Garry, Loch Laggan, Moray, Nairn River, Scotland, Spean River, Spey River]
Description
A large map, oriented with south at the top, bounded in the north by the Moray Firth from Inverness to Cullen, and including the catchments of the Nairn, Findhorn and Spey. The map extends in a southwesterly direction as far as Loch Arkaig, Ben Nevis and Loch Eil, bordering on Ardgour. Where original work has faded in the Spey Valley, the map has been partly redrawn. The map is an uncompleted draft compiled by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661), at a date between 1633 and ca. 1645. The east part of the map covers country close to Gordon's home. Whilst most of Gordon's compilations are derivatory, notably from the maps of Timothy Pont, originality is most likely in the lower Spey valley.
Work Record ID
0042145
Subject Place
[Findhorn River, Glenmore, Loch Argaig, Loch Eil, Loch Ericht, Loch Garry, Loch Laggan, Moray, Nairn River, Scotland, Spean River, Spey River]
Description
A large map, oriented with south at the top, bounded in the north by the Moray Firth from Inverness to Cullen, and including the catchments of the Nairn, Findhorn and Spey. The map extends in a southwesterly direction as far as Loch Arkaig, Ben Nevis and Loch Eil, bordering on Ardgour. Where original work has faded in the Spey Valley, the map has been partly redrawn. The map is an uncompleted draft compiled by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661), at a date between 1633 and ca. 1645. The east part of the map covers country close to Gordon's home. Whilst most of Gordon's compilations are derivatory, notably from the maps of Timothy Pont, originality is most likely in the lower Spey valley.
Work Record ID
0042145
Subject Place
[Aberdeen, Dee River, Don River, Dundee, East Lothian, Edinburgh, Fife, Forth, Firth of, Glasgow, Loch Lomond, Scotland, Scotland - central, Scotland - east, Tay River, Tweed River]
Description
A large map of the eastern lowlands of Scotland from the River Don in Aberdeenshire to the Borders, but also stretching westwards to the coast between Loch Leven and Loch Craignish. In the west, only the coastline appears. In central Scotland, little more than the main drainage lines are depicted but in the east, there is much detail of the Borders, the Lothians, Fife, parts of the Tay catchment and the River Dee. The map is an uncompleted draft compiled by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661), at an unknown date after 1633. The main source of the compilation is likely to be the observations of Timothy Pont, in the last two decades of the sixteenth century.
Work Record ID
0042146
Subject Place
[Aberdeen, Dee River, Don River, Dundee, East Lothian, Edinburgh, Fife, Forth, Firth of, Glasgow, Loch Lomond, Scotland, Scotland - central, Scotland - east, Tay River, Tweed River]
Description
A large map of the eastern lowlands of Scotland from the River Don in Aberdeenshire to the Borders, but also stretching westwards to the coast between Loch Leven and Loch Craignish. In the west, only the coastline appears. In central Scotland, little more than the main drainage lines are depicted but in the east, there is much detail of the Borders, the Lothians, Fife, parts of the Tay catchment and the River Dee. The map is an uncompleted draft compiled by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661), at an unknown date after 1633. The main source of the compilation is likely to be the observations of Timothy Pont, in the last two decades of the sixteenth century.
Work Record ID
0042146
Subject Place
[Aberdeen, Dee River, Don River, Dundee, East Lothian, Edinburgh, Fife, Forth, Firth of, Glasgow, Loch Lomond, Scotland, Scotland - central, Scotland - east, Tay River, Tweed River]
Description
A large map of the eastern lowlands of Scotland from the River Don in Aberdeenshire to the Borders, but also stretching westwards to the coast between Loch Leven and Loch Craignish. In the west, only the coastline appears. In central Scotland, little more than the main drainage lines are depicted but in the east, there is much detail of the Borders, the Lothians, Fife, parts of the Tay catchment and the River Dee. The map is an uncompleted draft compiled by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661), at an unknown date after 1633. The main source of the compilation is likely to be the observations of Timothy Pont, in the last two decades of the sixteenth century.
Work Record ID
0042146
Subject Place
[Aberdeen, Dee River, Don River, Dundee, East Lothian, Edinburgh, Fife, Forth, Firth of, Glasgow, Loch Lomond, Scotland, Scotland - central, Scotland - east, Tay River, Tweed River]
Description
A large map of the eastern lowlands of Scotland from the River Don in Aberdeenshire to the Borders, but also stretching westwards to the coast between Loch Leven and Loch Craignish. In the west, only the coastline appears. In central Scotland, little more than the main drainage lines are depicted but in the east, there is much detail of the Borders, the Lothians, Fife, parts of the Tay catchment and the River Dee. The map is an uncompleted draft compiled by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661), at an unknown date after 1633. The main source of the compilation is likely to be the observations of Timothy Pont, in the last two decades of the sixteenth century.
Work Record ID
0042146
Subject Place
[Orkney Islands, Scotland, Scotland - north, Skye, Island of]
Description
A manuscript map of the north of Scotland, including some of the Orkney Islands, bounded in the south by the River Dee, the upper Spey and Glencoe and in the east by the River Deveron. The map is incomplete, notably north of the Cromarty Firth and south of the Great Glen. Several sheets of paper have been glued together to provide a sheet of sufficient size for the coverage. The map is an uncompleted draft compiled by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661), at an unknown date after 1633. The circumstances of this particular compilation are not known but it is too large to be copied by an engraver as a single sheet.
Work Record ID
0042143
Subject Place
[Orkney Islands, Scotland, Scotland - north, Skye, Island of]
Description
A manuscript map of the north of Scotland, including some of the Orkney Islands, bounded in the south by the River Dee, the upper Spey and Glencoe and in the east by the River Deveron. The map is incomplete, notably north of the Cromarty Firth and south of the Great Glen. Several sheets of paper have been glued together to provide a sheet of sufficient size for the coverage. The map is an uncompleted draft compiled by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661), at an unknown date after 1633. The circumstances of this particular compilation are not known but it is too large to be copied by an engraver as a single sheet.
Work Record ID
0042143
Subject Place
[Orkney Islands, Scotland, Scotland - north, Skye, Island of]
Description
A manuscript map of the north of Scotland, including some of the Orkney Islands, bounded in the south by the River Dee, the upper Spey and Glencoe and in the east by the River Deveron. The map is incomplete, notably north of the Cromarty Firth and south of the Great Glen. Several sheets of paper have been glued together to provide a sheet of sufficient size for the coverage. The map is an uncompleted draft compiled by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661), at an unknown date after 1633. The circumstances of this particular compilation are not known but it is too large to be copied by an engraver as a single sheet.
Work Record ID
0042143
Subject Place
[Scotland, Scotland - east coast, Scotland - north]
Description
A small scale map of the north of Scotland with appropriate detail north of the Great Glen (apart from Tarbert Ness) and on the Moray Firth coastlands. Elsewhere, little more than the main drainage lines are shown. The coastline of Sutherland and the Moray Firth conforms to the revised orientations which emerged from the late sixteenth century observations of Timothy Pont and from the later compilations of Robert Gordon. The map is an uncompleted draft compiled by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661), at an unknown date after 1633. Whilst it has many similarities with his Extima Scotiae, published by Blaeu in 1654, the depiction of Knoydart, Moydart and Morven differs, which may explain why it was set aside.
Work Record ID
0042142
Subject Place
Forth, Firth of,Scotland,Stirlingshire
Description
A map of the River Forth, devoid of detail except of the headwaters which extend as far west as Ben Lomond, but with greater detail around the north bank tributary, the River Teith, through the Trossachs, Strathyre and Glen Gyle. A note at the foot corrects perceived errors. Much of the map derives from a manuscript map by Timothy Pont now in the National Library of Scotland and the source of the rest of the compilation is likely to be the observations of Pont, in the last two decades of the sixteenth century. The map was compiled by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661), at an unknown date after 1633.
Work Record ID
0043919
Subject Place
[Aberdeenshire, Buchan, Scotland]
Description
A large scale map of a small part of Buchan, stretching from the mouth of the Ythan River, up the coast to the mouth of the Ugie River, but inland showing only the country immediately to the north and west of Cruden Bay, and inland from Collieston but only as far as the Burn of Forvie. The map was compiled by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661) at an unknown date. The content may, in part, derive from the observations of Timothy Pont made in the last two decades of the sixteenth century, but it was also influenced by Gordon's first-hand knowledge of his home area.
Work Record ID
0042390
Subject Place
[Fair Isle, Scotland, Shetland]
Description
A map of the coastal outline of Fair Isle and the mainland of Shetland, together with some of its off-shore islands. Inland, the map is blank and there are only ten names inserted around the coast. The map appears to have a close affinity with the coastline of Mainland, as depicted on a larger scale and in very much more detail by Timothy Pont, first published by Henricus Hondius in 1636, although engraved by Blaeu six years earlier. The exact provenance of the manuscript map, which is by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661), is not known.
Work Record ID
0042202
Subject Place
[Scotland, Scotland - east coast]
Subject Category
British Isles
Description
A small scale map of England, with the east coast of Scotland and southeast Ireland. This map is copied from the second century AD outline and content of the British Isles recorded by Claudius Ptolemy, the Greek astronomer of Alexandria, an outline which oriented Scotland on an east-west alignment. The map names and locates coastal features, rivers, towns and tribal territories. The manuscript is in the hand of Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661), a chorographer who was known to be interested in the history of the Romans in Britain. The exact date of its compilation is not known.
Work Record ID
0042141
Subject Place
[Aberdeenshire, Inverurie, Kintore, Scotland]
Description
This is a detail from a draft map by Robert Gordon of Straloch dating to the 17th century and showing an area of Aberdeenshire around Inverurie. Gordon's local knowledge is clear in this map. Inverurie and Kintore are both marked with a double line of houses either side of a road. It is interesting that Kintore was shown as the larger. Their fortunes were reversed from the mid 19th century when Inverurie grew following the arrival of the railway. The Hill of Barra, south of Old Meldrum, has a circular symbol on top. This appears to be deliberate and although it is not named it may represent the very prominent Iron Age hill fort on the summit.
Work Record ID
0042847
Subject Place
[Aberdeenshire, Bennachie, Old Rayne, Scotland]
Description
This is a detail from a draft map by Robert Gordon of Straloch dating to the mid 17th century and showing an area of Aberdeenshire near Bennachie. Gordon's local knowledge is clear in this map. The very distinct outline of the Bennachie range of hills, which dominate the Aberdeenshire landscape are immediately recognisable with individual peaks such as Mither Tap clearly drawn. This is in marked contrast to Gordon's usual hill symbols. West of Culsalmond, six triangles, possibly tents, are marked 'Place of St Serfs Fayr'. St Serf or St Sair was a 6th century Irish missionary usually associated with Culross. The fair was still in existence, although declining, in the 19th century.
Work Record ID
0042848
Subject Place
Morayshire,Scotland
Description
This is a detail from a draft map compiled by Robert Gordon of Straloch between 1633 and his death in 1661. It is of interest in showing the main churches soon after the Protestant Reformation of the church in 1560. From the late 12th century the bishops of Moray lived beside Spynie Loch and a considerable settlement grew there. After the Reformation the Protestant bishops continue to live at Spynie Palace until Bishop Guthrie surrendered to the Covenanters in 1640. The Covenanters themselves used Spynie in 1645 until their defeat by Montrose. After the abolition of the episcopacy in 1689 the palace was abandoned and fell into ruins. The inclusion of Spynie suggests this map may date to before 1645.
Work Record ID
0042844
Subject Place
[Culbin, Forres, Morayshire, Scotland]
Description
When this map was drawn by Robert Gordon of Straloch in the mid 17th century, Culbin (Cubin) to the north of Forres was a thriving estate with a mansion. By the end of the century it had disappeared. Estate records of 1693 refer to barley, wheat and oats produced on the estate. In 1694 fierce sand storms buried the mansion, the farms and the fertile fields. The laird was ruined and appealed to parliament for tax exemption. Archaeological excavation shows that the Culbin area had supported habitation from prehistoric times until the 17th century. After 1694 it was a sandy desert until the 19th century when tree planting stabilised the sand and created the present Culbin Forest.
Work Record ID
0042845
Subject Place
[Aberdeenshire, Rattray, Scotland]
Description
This is a detail of the coastline from a draft map by Robert Gordon of Straloch dating to 1640 but incorporating 16th century material. It gives a useful record of a coastline that is constantly subject to erosion. Rattray is shown with open access from the sea into its sheltered harbour. Sand was constantly encroaching during the 17th century and in 1720 the harbour mouth is reputed to have been blocked in a single storm, marooning a ship inside. Rattray was a burgh which had flourished in the medieval period, but it was already in decline by the 15th century and by 1640 was a mere hamlet. The 1690 Poll Tax record shows only a few fishermen living there.
Work Record ID
0042849
Subject Place
Aberdeenshire,Banffshire,Rattray,Scotland
Description
Robert Gordon's map of Aberdeenshire and Banff published in Blaeu's 'Atlas' of 1654 gives a useful record of settlement before the 18th century improvements but it must be treated with caution. Rattray, north of Peterhead, is an example of this. Documentary sources suggest that Rattray was a burgh of barony in the 13th century, but in 1563/4 it was granted Royal Burgh status in order to end a feud between the Keith's of Broadland and the Hays of Haddo. On Gordon's map Rattray is shown with a town symbol but in fact excavations revealed a settlement in decline by the 15th century and by the Poll Tax of 1696 there were only eight families resident.
Work Record ID
0042855
Subject Place
[Aberdeenshire, Dee River, Deeside, Scotland]
Description
An unfinished map of upper Deeside from its headwaters in the Cairngorms, through Inverey, Braemar (Castelton), Monaltrie and Aboyne to Kincardine O'Neil, with small parts of adjacent catchments. Upper Strath Don and the Deveron are also shown. Named settlements are most numerous along the Tarland Burn. South is at the top of the map. The smaller map continues the Dee catchment as far east as Drum, with most settlement detail on the north bank. Both maps were compiled by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661), at an unknown date after 1633. The main source is likely to be the observations of Timothy Pont, in the last two decades of the sixteenth century, with the possibility of original additions by Gordon.
Work Record ID
0042292
Subject Place
[Glen Shiel, Loch Duich, Loch Long, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland]
Description
A map of Loch Duich, Loch Long and Glen Shiel, with the upper reaches of Loch Alsh foreshortened, so that the coastline in the lower left corner is the east coast of Skye. Apart from the streams flowing into the two named lochs, the only detail is of settlement in Glen Shiel and along the south shore of Loch Duich, as well as a prominent Eilean Donan Castle. The map was compiled by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661), at an unknown date after 1633. The main source of the compilation is likely to be the observations of Timothy Pont, in the last two decades of the sixteenth century.
Work Record ID
0042221
Subject Place
[Aberdeenshire, Dee River, Kincardineshire, Scotland]
Description
A large scale diagrammatic map of the country to the north of the River Dee, between Crathes and Drumoak, as far north as the Gormack Burn. The map has been cropped on the western border. The main feature of the map are two boundaries labelled 'Ye Lyne of Leys possession' and 'Lyne of Leys clayme'. Several local place names are included, but the streams and rivers are not precisely aligned, so that location of other features is imprecise. The map was compiled by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661), at an unknown date.
Work Record ID
0042295
Subject Place
[Glen Strathfarrar, Inverness-shire, Ross-shire, Scotland, Strath Bran]
Description
A map of Strath Bran and Glen Strathfarrar, with some of the country between, as far west as Loch Monar, Lurg Mhor and Maoile Lunndaidh, and in the east, the heads of the Beauly, Cromarty and Dornoch Firths. The position of Loch Fannich has twice been altered and is in the wrong location in respect to Loch Luichart. There is very little settlement detail but numbers of mountains are named and spelt phonetically. The map was compiled by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661), at an unknown date after 1633. The main source of the compilation is likely to be the observations of Timothy Pont, in the last two decades of the sixteenth century.
Work Record ID
0042287
Subject Place
[Aberdeenshire, Banffshire, Glen Avon, Glenlivet, Loch Avon, Scotland]
Description
A manuscript map of Glen Avon and Strath Avon and Glenlivet, from the headwaters in Loch Avon and Loch Builg, north to Craggan, close to the confluence with the Spey; also a fragment of the catchment of the Nethy, as well as upper Strath Don and the Ladder Hills. There is much settlement detail in Strath Avon and Glenlivet, where later alterations to the detail occur. The map is the surviving remnant of what was once a larger draft. The map was compiled by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661), at an unknown date after 1633. The main source of the compilation is likely to be the observations of Timothy Pont, in the last two decades of the sixteenth century.
Work Record ID
0042289
Subject Place
[Findhorn River, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Strathdearn]
Description
A large scale map of Strathdearn, from the upper reaches of the River Findhorn, downstream as far as the confluence with the Funlack Burn near Tomatin. There is much settlement detail but the hill country and tributary drainage is shown diagrammatically. The map was compiled by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661), at an unknown date after 1633. The main source of the compilation is likely to be the observations of Timothy Pont, in the last two decades of the sixteenth century.
Work Record ID
0042288
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![Abredoniae novae et veteris descriptio = A description of new and of old Aberdeens, with the places neerest adjacent [1 of 1]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size1/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042769c-0002.jpg)
![Abredoniae novae et veteris descriptio = A description of new and of old Aberdeens, with the places neerest adjacent / auctore Jacobo Gordono. [1 of 1]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size1/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042821c.jpg)
![Castrum Edinense quod olim Arx Puellarum = The castell of Edinborrowgh from the west porte [1 of 1]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size2/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042707c.jpg)
![Demandes touching the description of the two tounes of new and ould Aberdeen and the territorye next adjacent [1 of 3]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size1/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042839c.jpg)
![Demandes touching the description of the two tounes of new and ould Aberdeen and the territorye next adjacent [2 of 3]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size1/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042839c-0001.jpg)
![Demandes touching the description of the two tounes of new and ould Aberdeen and the territorye next adjacent [3 of 3]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size1/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042839c-0002.jpg)
![Edinodunensis Tabulam [1 of 2]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size2/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042764c.jpg)
![Edinodunensis Tabulam [2 of 2]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size2/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042764c-0001.jpg)
![Fyff. Shire MDCXLII [1 of 1]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size2/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042429c.jpg)
![Keanrosse-shyre [1 of 1]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size2/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042428c.jpg)
![Nova Invernessae Urbis et Arcis Descriptio [1 of 1]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size2/UoEcha-1-NA/1002/0043012c.jpg)
![URBS ABREDONIA = The newtown of Aberdeen [1 of 1]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size2/UoEcha-1-NA/1007/0043547c.jpg)
![Geography Anatomiz'd, or, The Geographical Grammar [...] [1 of 1]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size1/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042829c.jpg)
![[A detailed map including Glenmore, Lochs Arkaig and Garry, the basins of the Nairn, Findhorn, and Spey, Lochs Ericht and Laggan, and the River Spean; also in outline Lochs Garry, Rannoch, and Tummel. [1 of 4]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size2/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042145c.jpg)
![[A detailed map including Glenmore, Lochs Arkaig and Garry, the basins of the Nairn, Findhorn, and Spey, Lochs Ericht and Laggan, and the River Spean; also in outline Lochs Garry, Rannoch, and Tummel. [2 of 4]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size2/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042145c-0001.jpg)
![[A detailed map including Glenmore, Lochs Arkaig and Garry, the basins of the Nairn, Findhorn, and Spey, Lochs Ericht and Laggan, and the River Spean; also in outline Lochs Garry, Rannoch, and Tummel. [3 of 4]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size1/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042145c-0002.jpg)
![[A detailed map including Glenmore, Lochs Arkaig and Garry, the basins of the Nairn, Findhorn, and Spey, Lochs Ericht and Laggan, and the River Spean; also in outline Lochs Garry, Rannoch, and Tummel. [4 of 4]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size3/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042145c-0003.jpg)
![[A map of Eastern Scotland, including basins of Don, Dee, Tay, Forth, and Tweed] [1 of 4]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size3/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042146c.jpg)
![[A map of Eastern Scotland, including basins of Don, Dee, Tay, Forth, and Tweed] [2 of 4]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size1/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042146c-0001.jpg)
![[A map of Eastern Scotland, including basins of Don, Dee, Tay, Forth, and Tweed] [3 of 4]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size1/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042146c-0002.jpg)
![[A map of Eastern Scotland, including basins of Don, Dee, Tay, Forth, and Tweed] [4 of 4]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size2/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042146c-0003.jpg)
![[A map of Scotland north of Loch Linnhe and the River Dee, and west of the River Devron. [1 of 3]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size2/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042143c.jpg)
![[A map of Scotland north of Loch Linnhe and the River Dee, and west of the River Devron. [2 of 3]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size2/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042143c-0001.jpg)
![[A map of Scotland north of Loch Linnhe and the River Dee, and west of the River Devron. [3 of 3]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size1/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042143c-0002.jpg)
![[A map of Scotland, north of Glenmore in detail, and an outline of the east coast to Dunbar, [1 of 1]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size1/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042142c.jpg)
![[A map of the basin of the River Forth, down to the widening of the estuary near Alloa]. [1 of 1]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size1/UoEcha-1-NA/1002/0043919c.jpg)
![[A map of the coast from the River Ythan to Inverugie] [1 of 1]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size1/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042390c.jpg)
![[A map of the Mainland of Shetland, and Fair Isle] [1 of 1]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size1/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042202c.jpg)
![[A Ptolemy style map of Roman England, including part of Ireland, and showing the eastward direction of the east coast of Scotland] [1 of 1]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size2/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042141c.jpg)
![[Detail #1 from:] Formarten and part of Marr and Buquhan [1 of 1]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size1/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042847c.jpg)
![[Detail #2 from:] Formarten and part of Marr and Buquhan [1 of 1]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size1/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042848c.jpg)
![[Detail from a manuscript 17th century map by Robert Gordon, from Buckie to Duffus and including Spynie]. [1 of 1]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size2/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042844c.jpg)
![[Detail from a manuscript 17th century map by Robert Gordon, showing the area around Forres and including Culbin (Cubin)] [1 of 1]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size2/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042845c.jpg)
![[Detail from:] Aberdeen, Banf, Murrey &c. to Invernes. Fra the north water to Ross. [1 of 1]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size1/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042849c.jpg)
![[Detail from:] Duo Vicecomitatus Aberdonia & Banfia, una cum Regionibus & terrarum tractibus sub iis comprehensis : A description of the two Shyres Aberdene and Banf, ... [Detail of the coast from Peterhead to north of Rattray] [1 of 1]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size1/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042855c.jpg)
![[Larger map:] Marre from Kincairne Pueill to the Springis of Dee. R.G. / Brae of Marr or Strath Dee. [1 of 1]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size2/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042292c.jpg)
![[Loch Duich, Loch Long and Glen Shiel] [1 of 1]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size1/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042221c.jpg)
![[Map of the district alomg the north side of the River Dee near Crathes and Durris, [1 of 1]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size2/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042295c.jpg)
![[Map of the district from Loch Monar to Beauly and Strath Bran] [1 of 1]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size1/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042287c.jpg)
![[Map of the River Avon] [1 of 1]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size2/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042289c.jpg)
![[Map of the River Findhorn down to just below the junction of the Fintack Burn] [1 of 1]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size1/UoEcha-1-NA/1001/0042288c.jpg)