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Subject Place
[Berwickshire, Lauderdale, Roxburghshire, Scotland]
Description
A map of 'The Shire of Berwick alias the Mers or March and Lauderdale' from Herman Moll's 1725 atlas of Scotland. The map shows the road from Berwick to Edinburgh as it goes through Cove and on to Haddington. Interesting features include the dotted line from 'Fasidhill', the inclusion of Lamberton in England, and the reference to Thirlestane Castle as 'The Fort'. Enclosed areas are plentiful here. This was a highly rural area; Lauder was probably the largest burgh with around 500 inhabitants.
Work Record ID
0042257
Subject Place
[Berwickshire, Lauderdale, Roxburghshire, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0042194
Subject Place
[Argyll and Bute, Arran, Island of, Bute, Island of, Scotland]
Description
A map from Herman Moll's 1725 atlas, 'The Shire of Bute, contains Bute and Arran, with Cantire which is part of Argyle Shire'. The island of Gigha is also included. Both Arran and Kintyre are shown in great detail though the relative locations of settlements and features should be noted, such as Lochranza and Brodick on Arran. On the same island, Goatfell is referred to as 'Keadefeldt Hill'. Curiously, little information is provided for the island of Bute while the south of Arran is quite narrow. In Kintyre, the east-west orientation of West Loch Tarbert is notable. Campbeltown probably had fewer than 500 inhabitants at this time and had only recently been made a Royal burgh in 1700.
Work Record ID
0042263
Subject Place
[Argyll and Bute, Arran, Island of, Bute, Island of, Buteshire, Kintyre, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0042200
Subject Place
[Clydesdale, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland]
Description
A map of 'The Shire of Clydsdale or Lanerk' by Herman Moll from his 1725 atlas of Scottish counties. The River Clyde dominates the map and is supplied by the Avon, Calder, Nethan and Douglas rivers. Lanarkshire was surrounded by eight other counties. The county town of Lanarkshire was Hamilton but Glasgow is symbolised as the most important here. The map provides an interesting glimpse at the pre-industrial landscape: note the absence of Coatbridge and Airdrie. Other interesting features include the spelling of Rutherglen ('Ruglan', a name still used), and the fewer number of enclosed areas than is found on other maps in the atlas.
Work Record ID
0042260
Subject Place
[Biggar, Clyde River, Clydesdale, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0042197
Subject Place
[Dumfriesshire, Nithsdale, Scotland]
Description
A map of 'Dumfries or Nithisdale' from Herman Moll's 1725 atlas of Scottish shires. This is the western part of Dumfriesshire centred on the River Nith which flows into the Solway Firth; curiously, the border with Kirkcudbrightshire peters out. The area includes several religious centres (e.g., the medieval Lincluden College) and a large number of small settlements. Rivers are a major focus of the map and tend to run east-west here. Dumfries probably had a population of c.3,000 at this time. Moll also made charts for John Adair, the Scottish geographer who in 1686 produced his own map of the shires in the west and south-west of Scotland.
Work Record ID
0042255
Subject Place
[Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0042231
Subject Place
[Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire, Scotland]
Description
This map entitled, The Shire of Kincairden (Kincardine) or Mears (Mearns) with the South Part of Aberdeenshire was engraved and published in 1725 by Herman Moll (1654? - 1732) as part of the Atlas of Scotland. It shows roads, topographical features and settlements. No roads are marked, reflecting that, even in the later 18th century, commentators were complaining of the difficulties of travel in Aberdeenshire. This also had a detrimental effect on agricultural improvements due to the difficulty of carting fertilisers inland. There were established drove routes at this time but they are not marked. For example, there is no indication of the Cairn o Mount route through the mountains between Aberdeenshire and the Mearns which ran south from Banchorie (Banchory) along the Dyr (Dye) valley.
Work Record ID
0042271
Subject Place
[Dunbartonshire, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0042225
Subject Place
[Dunbartonshire, Loch Lomond, Scotland]
Description
The Shire of Lenox or Dunbarton', a map from Herman Moll's 1725 atlas. This map includes comments as well, particularly concerning Loch Lomond's 'Floting Island' and weather. Other notable features include: the scale which adds '60 to a D.'; the area north of the loch, cited as 'Rob Roy's Country', which also reveals a barracks; the line along Loch Lomond's western shore, running through Dunbarton and on to Glasgow; and the double line from Kilpatrick, part of which is referred to as 'Graham's Dike' and is most likely the Antonine Wall. After his first solo work in 1695, Moll produced maps which frequently included substantial text, until the 1709 'Atlas Manuale' which included little.
Work Record ID
0042265
Subject Place
[Ayrshire, Cunninghame, Renfrewshire, Scotland]
Description
A map of Renfrewshire and the north part of Ayrshire ('Cunningham'), from Herman Moll's 1725 atlas of Scottish counties. The two areas are divided by a dotted line. Notable features include the siting of waterways, particularly the 'Dunbarton Frith' and the 'Clyd R[iver].' A road to Glasgow, labelled with the number 16, runs through the south-east of the map, and in the centre is Kilbirnie Loch which, states John Moore, has 'the east-west orientation given in the Blaeu atlas.' John Moore, from his studies of Renfrewshire and elsewhere, suggests that the maps in the atlas were essentially 'poor reductions of those in the Blaeu atlas' of the mid-17th century.
Work Record ID
0042262
Subject Place
[Ayrshire, Cunninghame, Renfrewshire, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0042199
Subject Place
[Aberdeenshire, Banffshire, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0042232
Subject Place
[Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Banffshire, Scotland]
Description
This map entitled 'The Shires of Bamf (Banff) and Aberdeen' was engraved and published in 1725 by Herman Moll (1654?-1732) as part of the Atlas of Scotland. It shows roads, topographical features and settlements. The settlements marked are variable. Burghs, marked with a tower, include medieval burghs such as Banff, as well as 16th century establishments such as Fraserburgh. Dots are used both to indicate castles such as Kelly and for tiny settlements such as nearby Methlick. The Cistercian Abbey of Deer, founded in 1219, is named on the map although in the 18th century it would have been in ruins after the Reformation of the 16th century. Substantial ruins survived until they were robbed in 1854.
Work Record ID
0042272
Subject Place
[Caithness, Scotland, Sutherland]
Work Record ID
0042237
Subject Place
[Caithness, Scotland, Sutherland]
Description
This map entitled The Shires of Caithness and Sutherland was published in 1725 as part of the Atlas of Scotland by Herman Moll (1654?-1732). It shows roads, topographical features and settlements. At Brora a note refers to 'excellent coal mines and salt pans'. The open cast coal mines which began at Brora in 1529 dug coal from rich exposed surface seams. Later shafts were dug and mining continued until 1974. Salt pans were often situated near coastal coal mines, thus coal could be used as fuel to boil salt water to extract the salt. The Brora salt pans were started in 1598. Salt, essential for food preservation, would have been traded widely along the coast.
Work Record ID
0042277
Subject Place
[Dumfriesshire, Nithsdale, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0042192
Subject Place
[Fife, Kinross, Kinross-shire, Scotland]
Description
This map of 'The Shires of Fife and Kinros' was engraved and published in 1725 by Herman Moll (1654?-1732) as part of his Atlas of Scotland. It shows roads, topographical features and settlements. Several navigation notes are marked on the coast. The lighthouse marked on the Isle of May was built in 1636 and is the earliest surviving lighthouse in Scotland. It was a tower with a beacon fire of coal on top. There were a few other early lighthouses on islands but those in the sea date from after 1756. Opposite the Tay the Scape rocks ( Inchcape or Bell Rock) are described as extremely dangerous. The ferry crossing over the Firth of Forth between Burntisland and Leith is marked with a note that a boat travels the route every day.
Work Record ID
0042267
Subject Place
[Fife, Kinross-shire, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0042227
Subject Place
[Morayshire, Nairnshire, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0042233
Subject Place
[Elgin Shire, Inverness-shire, Moray, Nairnshire, Scotland]
Description
A map entitled The Shires of Murray (Moray) and Nairn which was engraved and published in 1725 by Herman Moll (1654?-1732) as part of the Atlas of Scotland. It shows roads, topographical features and settlements. Loch Spynie, north of Elgin is shown accurately for the time as a large loch. It is now much reduced in size after it was drained by the building of the Caledonian canal by Thomas Telford in 1808. In the medieval period the loch, shown here as landlocked, was open to the sea. It provided a safe harbour and was a major reason for locating the bishop's palace and its dependant settlement at Spynie.
Work Record ID
0042273
Subject Place
[Ross and Cromarty, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0042236
Subject Place
[Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty, Ross-shire, Scotland]
Description
This map entitled 'The Shires of Ross, and Cromartie' was made in 1725 by Herman Moll (1654?-1732) as part of the Atlas of Scotland. The scale shows 'Miles of Great Britain', a reminder of the 1707 Act of Union. The difficulties of communication around the indented coast of the Highlands are emphasized by the fact that Moll often marked and commented on ferries. Ferries are shown on either side of the Black Isle and between Tain and Durnoch. The military roads are shown from Berera barracks beside Glen Loyn. The northern road ran to Dingwall through the Beaback Pass. The southern road lay through the Glenshells Pass (Glenshiel) to Fort Augustus (Kilwhuimon).
Work Record ID
0042276
Subject Place
[Clackmannanshire, Scotland, Stirlingshire]
Description
This map entitled 'The Shires of Stirling and Clackmannan etc', was engraved and published in 1725 by Herman Moll (1654?-1732) as part of the Atlas of Scotland. It shows roads, topographical features, settlements and major estates. Silver mines are marked to the south of Linlithgow. There may be some silver in the lead deposits in this area. Silver mines said to have been in use during the reign of Mary Queen of Scots (1542- 1587) are recorded in the Pentland Hills. The Antonine wall is marked as Graham's Dike. It is a turf rampart and ditch stretching between the River Clyde and the Firth of Forth which was built by the Romans in the 2nd century AD as a defensive frontier barrier.
Work Record ID
0042266
Subject Place
[Clackmannanshire, Scotland, Stirlingshire]
Work Record ID
0042226
Subject Place
[Perthshire, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0042228
Subject Place
[Perthshire, Scotland]
Description
This map entitled The South Part of Perthshire containing Perth, Strathern, Stormount and Cars of Gourie was engraved and published in 1725 by Herman Moll (1654? - 1732) as part of the Atlas of Scotland. It shows roads, topographical features and settlements. Perth is shown as a burgh with a network of roads but no bridge. A stone bridge had been built at Perth in 1616 but was swept away in 1621 and was not replaced until the 1760's. Some roads are marked with parallel lines, less definite routes are marked with dashed lines. Many routes would have consisted of unmade tracks. The Scottish road system only began to improve after 1724 with the road building work of General Wade.
Work Record ID
0042268
Subject Place
[Ailsa Craig, Ayrshire, Carrick, Scotland]
Description
The South Part of the Shire of Air; Containing Kyle and Carrick', a map in Herman Moll's 1725 atlas of Scotland. This map of southern Ayrshire, from Irvine to Glen App on the west coast, includes many details about villages and burghs, as well as natural features, including Ailsa Craig ('Ailza I[sland]'). Interesting features include the villages in the south between, and inland from, Glen App and 'Ard Stinsiar Castle'. Unusually, Moll also includes some rectangular symbols (probably signifying enclosures) near some settlements (such as Ardmillen); this is in contrast to his usual circular symbols. A road, mostly following the path of the present-day A77, is found along the coast, changing from dotted to solid lines near Girvan.
Work Record ID
0042261
Subject Place
[Ayrshire, Carrick, Kyle, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0042198
Subject Place
[Galloway, Scotland, Wigtownshire]
Work Record ID
0042188
Subject Place
[Galloway, Scotland, Wigtownshire]
Description
A map of 'The West Part of Galloway', or Wigtonshire, in Herman Moll's 1725 atlas at a scale of c.5 miles to the inch. Settlements are given scaled symbols (including stars for larger sites); Wigtown probably had a population below 1,000 while Stranraer's was below 500. Some place names have disappeared while others have been renamed or are now spelled differently (e.g., 'Stranraver' for Stranraer). Moll probably left the north of Germany in the 1670s during the Scanian Wars. Possibly going through Holland, he had arrived in London by 1678-79, a popular city for German émigrés.
Work Record ID
0042250
Subject Place
[Inverness-shire, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0042235
Subject Place
[Inverness-shire, Loch Arkaig, Loch Linnhe, Loch Lochy, Loch Ness, Mull, Island of, Scotland]
Description
This map entitled The West Part of Inverness shire was engraved and published in 1725 by Herman Moll (1654?-1732) as part of the Atlas of Scotland. It shows the west end of the Great Glen from Fort Augustus to Fort William. General Wade, who improved and built a network of forts and roads for the English army after the Jacobite rebellions of 1715 and 1719, made his headquarters at Fort Augustus (Kilwhuimon). The road linking Fort Augustus and Ruthven to the south followed a drove road through the very difficult mountain pass of Corrieyairack. It was built by regular soldiers in a single season between April and October.
Work Record ID
0042275
Subject Place
[Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland, Tweeddale]
Description
Tweddale, alias The Shire of Peebles', a map from Herman Moll's 1725 atlas of Scottish counties. Degrees and minutes of latitude and longitude are marked along the frame. Peebles had a population of just over 1,000 at this time. The map includes details not found on most of the other maps of the period, such as the extra drawings around Peebles. The hills have a coarser shading, and the placement of some settlements differs from maps today (e.g., note the relative positions of Stobo, Peebles, Traquair and Posso). In 1695 Moll published his first solo work, the 'Thesaurus Geographicus'.
Work Record ID
0042259
Subject Place
[Peeblesshire, Scotland, Tweeddale]
Work Record ID
0042196
Subject Place
[Hebrides, Scotland, Western Isles]
Work Record ID
0043401
Subject Place
[Hebrides, Scotland, Western Isles]
Work Record ID
0043401
Subject Place
[Hebrides, Scotland, Western Isles]
Work Record ID
0043401
Subject Place
[Hebrides, Scotland, Western Isles]
Work Record ID
0043401
Subject Place
[Hebrides, Scotland, Western Isles]
Work Record ID
0043401
Subject Place
[Hebrides, Scotland, Western Isles]
Work Record ID
0043401
Subject Place
[Hebrides, Scotland, Western Isles]
Work Record ID
0043401
Subject Place
[Hebrides, Scotland, Western Isles]
Work Record ID
0043401
Subject Place
[Hebrides, Scotland, Western Isles]
Work Record ID
0043401
Subject Place
[Hebrides, Scotland, Western Isles]
Work Record ID
0043401
Subject Place
[Hebrides, Scotland, Western Isles]
Work Record ID
0043401
Subject Place
[Hebrides, Scotland, Western Isles]
Work Record ID
0043401
Subject Place
[Hebrides, Scotland, Western Isles]
Work Record ID
0043401
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