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Subject Place
[Angus, Brechin, Brechin Castle, Scotland]
Description
This plan of the yards and outhouses at Brechin Castle has no date or signature on the sheet, but it has been dated to about 1700. It is drawn in pencil, with the outline of the barnyard picked out in yellow. In the bottom right hand corner, a round tower is shown, presumably part of the castle. Measurements are given in feet for the area of the barnyard, the barn and shed, the path and the dunghill. There is a map of Brechin Castle and its surrounding area on images 00002173 and 00002174.
Work Record ID
0043851
Subject Place
[Dumbarton Castle, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
This is a plan of Dumbarton Castle, with part of the Firth of Clyde and the River Leven. It is dated 1708, but is unsigned, and although it is listed in the 'Board of Ordnance Register of Plans 1700-1800', it is not attributed to anyone.
Work Record ID
0043172
Subject Place
[Berwickshire, Eastfield, Foul Burn, Greenlaw Moor, Howe Burn, Polwarth Moss, Scotland, Whiteside, Woodheads]
Description
This map shows Greenlaw Moor and Polwarth Moor, outside the villages of Greenlaw, north of Kelso, and Polwarth, south of Duns, in Berwickshire. All the land in this area was the property of Alexander Hume, second Earl of Marchmont, as the title of the map notes. No farms or settlements are shown on here, but the march boundaries are labelled in detail, showing the names of some of the neighbouring properties, such as Whiteside, Eastfield and Wood Heads, all of which are still on the modern maps. A table in the bottom right hand corner, lists the acreage of each moor, and the total of both of them together. The map also shows the road to Dunbar in red, and two local burns, the Howe Burn and the Foul Burn, including the ford where the Dunbar road crosses the Howe Burn. It also labels the Polwarth Mill Haugh.
Work Record ID
0042924
Subject Place
[Berwickshire, Eastfield, Foul Burn, Greenlaw Moor, Howe Burn, Polwarth Moss, Scotland, Whiteside, Woodheads]
Description
This map shows Greenlaw Moor and Polwarth Moor, outside the villages of Greenlaw, north of Kelso, and Polwarth, south of Duns, in Berwickshire. All the land in this area was the property of Alexander Hume, second Earl of Marchmont, as the title of the map notes. No farms or settlements are shown on here, but the march boundaries are labelled in detail, showing the names of some of the neighbouring properties, such as Whiteside, Eastfield and Wood Heads, all of which are still on the modern maps. A table in the bottom right hand corner, lists the acreage of each moor, and the total of both of them together. The map also shows the road to Dunbar in red, and two local burns, the Howe Burn and the Foul Burn, including the ford where the Dunbar road crosses the Howe Burn. It also labels the Polwarth Mill Haugh.
Work Record ID
0042924
Subject Place
Berwickshire,Blanerne,Bunkle and Preston,Preston,Scotland
Work Record ID
0043967
Subject Place
Berwickshire,Blanerne,Bunkle and Preston,Preston,Scotland
Work Record ID
0043967
Subject Place
Berwickshire,Blanerne,Bunkle and Preston,Preston,Scotland
Work Record ID
0043967
Subject Place
[Ayrshire, Ballantrae, Sallochan, Scotland, Stinchar River]
Description
This map shows the lands belonging to John Cathcart on his property at Sallochan, north of Heronsford and Laggan House, and south east of Colmonell, in the parish of Ballantrae, in Ayrshire. Cathcart's lands lay in two portions in separate, but neighbouring loops in the River Stinchar. The title is in a circle in the middle of the map, and on either side, there are two squares which hold information on the acreage of both parts of the property. The scale statement and bar are at the bottom of the sheet. The fields have their borders in red, yellow, green and grey to mark out each one, and have been given letters which correspond to the acreage totals in the two boxes. The local road and a small burn are also shown. The property appears as 'Sellachan', in the same location, in the 1664 Blaeu atlas, on the map 'Carricta Meriodionalis The South part of Carrick' (see image 1558).
Work Record ID
0042930
Subject Place
[Fort George, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
This plan of the town of Inverness and Fort George is undated and unsigned, but it is of a similar period to the 1730 plan of Fort George at Inverness, by John Romer, at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/33a, and his 1732 plan at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/34a, and its contemporary copy at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/34b. The handwriting on this plan could possibly be the same handwriting as on the plan at shelfmark MS.1646.Z02/34b. It cannot post-date 1746, as Fort George, Inverness was destroyed by the Jacobite army at that date, and was rebuilt at Ardersier.
Work Record ID
0043110
Subject Place
[Methven, Perthshire, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0043985
Subject Place
[Fort Augustus, Kiliwhimen Barracks, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
This sheet shows the work being done at Fort Augustus in 1734. It also shows some of the country around the fort, including Loch Ness and the River Tarff, and names a harbour as one of the fort's features. It is not signed.
Work Record ID
0043152
Subject Place
[Fort William, Inverness-shire, Lochaber, Scotland]
Subject Category
Board of Ordnance
Work Record ID
0044008
Subject Place
[Fort William, Inverness-shire, Lochaber, Scotland]
Subject Category
Board of Ordnance
Work Record ID
0044009
Subject Place
[Finnart, Fortingall, Gaur River, Invercomrie, Loch Eigheach, Loch Laidon, Loch Rannoch, Perthshire, Rannoch Barracks, Rannoch Moor, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0042925
Subject Place
[Finnart, Fortingall, Gaur River, Invercomrie, Loch Eigheach, Loch Laidon, Loch Rannoch, Perthshire, Rannoch Barracks, Rannoch Moor, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0042925
Subject Place
[Finnart, Fortingall, Gaur River, Invercomrie, Loch Eigheach, Loch Laidon, Loch Rannoch, Perthshire, Rannoch Barracks, Rannoch Moor, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0042925
Subject Place
[Finnart, Fortingall, Gaur River, Invercomrie, Loch Eigheach, Loch Laidon, Loch Rannoch, Perthshire, Rannoch Barracks, Rannoch Moor, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0042925
Subject Place
Glenshiel,Ross and Cromarty,Scotland
Subject Category
Battlefields,Board of Ordnance
Work Record ID
0044095
Subject Place
[Scotland, Stirling Castle]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
The sheet shows a plan of Stirling Castle and the town of Stirling, with no named features or buildings. It seems to be a copy of the plan at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/20b, which itself was an unfinished copy of the original.
Work Record ID
0043066
Subject Place
[Banffshire, Keith, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0043990
Subject Place
[Banffshire, Keith, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0043990
Subject Place
[Banffshire, Keith, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0043990
Subject Place
[Banffshire, Keith, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0043990
Subject Place
[Aberdeenshire, Belhelvie, New Machar, Old Machar, Scotland]
Subject Category
Boundary disputes
Work Record ID
0043951
Subject Place
[Aberdeenshire, Belhelvie, New Machar, Old Machar, Scotland]
Subject Category
Boundary disputes
Work Record ID
0043951
Subject Place
[Aberdeenshire, Belhelvie, New Machar, Old Machar, Scotland]
Subject Category
Boundary disputes
Work Record ID
0043951
Subject Place
[Inch, Scotland, Wigtownshire]
Work Record ID
0043979
Subject Place
[Fife, Inchunie Pit, Scotland, West Markinch Pit]
Description
This is a very rudimentary sketch showing the seam of coal which ran between the shaft of West Markinch Pit and the shaft of Inchunie Pit, Fife. It is undated and unsigned, but has been dated to the 18th century.
Work Record ID
0043854
Subject Place
[Ayrshire, Douglas, Glenbuck, Lanarkshire, Muirkirk, Scotland]
Description
This anonymous plan titled 'A sketch of the Plea-folds taken from the Depositions of the witnesses' was drawn in connection with a boundary dispute taken to court in 1740. Another plan and papers concerning the case survive in the processes. This shows the march line running between Glenbuck Hill and Cairntable. This line appears similar on both plans regarding the case and still partly exists as a stone dyke. The burns and the large area of bog are all coloured with a light grey wash. Several houses used as landmarks have small drawn elevations. These appear fairly standardized so are of little real value regarding vernacular architecture.
Work Record ID
0042501
Subject Place
[Banffshire, Rathven, Scotland]
Description
This anonymous plan entitled 'A sketch of the moor ground called the Long Hills' is dated to the 18th century. It shows the area of Long Hills, Rathven, covered in short heath with settlements and arable ground around it. This was one of many areas of muir which the proprietors had tried to improve. An annotation recording that one field had been recently improved but was reverting to heath shows the difficulty of improvement. Annotations include a reference to quarrying stone for the flour mill. Areas that tended to flood in winter are noted. A drainage channel was used to keep water off the arable fields.
Work Record ID
0042502
Subject Place
[Banffshire, Rathven, Scotland]
Description
This anonymous plan entitled 'A sketch of the moor ground called the Long Hills' is dated to the 18th century. It shows the area of Long Hills, Rathven, covered in short heath with settlements and arable ground around it. This was one of many areas of muir which the proprietors had tried to improve. An annotation recording that one field had been recently improved but was reverting to heath shows the difficulty of improvement. Annotations include a reference to quarrying stone for the flour mill. Areas that tended to flood in winter are noted. A drainage channel was used to keep water off the arable fields.
Work Record ID
0042502
Subject Place
Scotland
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Nautical charts, Navigation]
Description
This is a manuscript copy of one of the maps from John Adair's atlas 'The Description of the Sea-Coast and Islands of Scotland with Large and Exact Maps for the Use of Seamen', first published by him in Edinburgh in 1688. The other maps in the atlas, and the title page, were also copied in manuscript and are in images 00003242, 00003244 to 00003246, and 00003260-00003262. There is no certainty as to the origin or purpose of these manuscript copies, which are less detailed than the original printed maps. It is possible that they were drawing and copying exercises for the Tower of London Drawing Room draughtsmen, since they all have the Board of Ordnance stamp. This copy lacks some of the detail of the printed original, specifically the rhumb lines, the vignettes of sailing-ships, the decorative geometric dividers and the ornate title cartouche. It has a wind-rose, with a fleur-de-lys pointer, and the title is in a plain box. The name of Nicolay D'aulphinois in the title cartouche of the original has been wrongly copied as 'Nicholay D'aldphinois'. Images of the original printed atlas are on this website 00000026-35. The printed original of this title page is image 00000027. Image 00000629 is another example of the printed title page.
Work Record ID
0043534
Subject Place
[Dores, Inverness-shire, Loch Bunachton, Scotland]
Description
This very rough 18th century sketch map shows Bonachtown (Bunachton), in Daviot and Dunlichity parish, Inverness. It shows some boundaries, a barn and the lochs. Some measurements are given although there is no scale. Other farms named are westermost Craigtown and Middtown. The main interest in the plan is the list of occupiers of each of the farms given at the top of the sheet. For example, northmost Tomachorie was occupied by John Kennedy, widow Kennedy and Will McIntosh. Such materials are important sources for family history and genealogy.
Work Record ID
0042958
Subject Place
[Dores, Inverness-shire, Loch Bunachton, Scotland]
Description
This very rough 18th century sketch map shows Bonachtown (Bunachton), in Daviot and Dunlichity parish, Inverness. It shows some boundaries, a barn and the lochs. Some measurements are given although there is no scale. Other farms named are westermost Craigtown and Middtown. The main interest in the plan is the list of occupiers of each of the farms given at the top of the sheet. For example, northmost Tomachorie was occupied by John Kennedy, widow Kennedy and Will McIntosh. Such materials are important sources for family history and genealogy.
Work Record ID
0042958
Subject Place
[Cavers, Hassendean, Hawick, Kirkton, Minto, Roxburghshire, Scotland, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Wilton]
Description
This diagram of the number of the communicants in five of the parishes of Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire, in 1650 seems to based on a similar diagram, done at the same time, which is on image 00002201. However, although this drawing has been better executed, it is not merely the finished copy of the one in image 00002201, as it has some information which the other one lacks, and is also missing some information. Like its associated diagram, it begins north east of Hawick at the bottom of the sheet, shows the churches at Minto and Hassendean, then those at Hawick itself, and at Wilton, (which is now a suburb of Hawick). But it adds, in a different shade of brown ink, the churches of Cavers and Kirkton, in approximately the right relationship to Hawick (east and south east). It then also divides the settlements into those along the Teviot river, and those along Borthwick Water, but records only the details of those settlements along Borthwick Water. There are many more settlements on this, than on its associated diagram, but one or two shown on the 'draft' are missing from this. It does record however, the area covered by each parish, which is not on its associated diagram.
Work Record ID
0043869
Subject Place
[Cavers, Hassendean, Hawick, Kirkton, Minto, Roxburghshire, Scotland, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Wilton]
Description
This diagram of the number of the communicants in five of the parishes of Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire, in 1650 seems to based on a similar diagram, done at the same time, which is on image 00002201. However, although this drawing has been better executed, it is not merely the finished copy of the one in image 00002201, as it has some information which the other one lacks, and is also missing some information. Like its associated diagram, it begins north east of Hawick at the bottom of the sheet, shows the churches at Minto and Hassendean, then those at Hawick itself, and at Wilton, (which is now a suburb of Hawick). But it adds, in a different shade of brown ink, the churches of Cavers and Kirkton, in approximately the right relationship to Hawick (east and south east). It then also divides the settlements into those along the Teviot river, and those along Borthwick Water, but records only the details of those settlements along Borthwick Water. There are many more settlements on this, than on its associated diagram, but one or two shown on the 'draft' are missing from this. It does record however, the area covered by each parish, which is not on its associated diagram.
Work Record ID
0043869
Subject Place
[Borthwick Water, Hassendean, Hawick, Minto, Roxburghshire, Scotland, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Teviot River, Wilton]
Description
This diagram, drawn in brown ink, shows the number of the communicants in five of the parishes of Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire, before Whitsun in 1650. There is a better executed diagram, done at the same time, on image 00002203, which has some additional information, but is not merely the fine copy of this, as it lacks some of the information shown here. At the bottom of the sheet it begins north east of Hawick, and shows the churches at Minto and Hassendean, then those at Hawick itself, and at Wilton, which is now a suburb of Hawick. It then seems to have started to divide the settlements into those along the Teviot river, and those along Borthwick Water, as the two diverging branches are so named. However, only those settlements along Borthwick Water have been named, with the number of communicants written beside each name. Many of these names still exist on the modern map.
Work Record ID
0043868
Subject Place
[Borthwick Water, Hassendean, Hawick, Minto, Roxburghshire, Scotland, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Teviot River, Wilton]
Description
This diagram, drawn in brown ink, shows the number of the communicants in five of the parishes of Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire, before Whitsun in 1650. There is a better executed diagram, done at the same time, on image 00002203, which has some additional information, but is not merely the fine copy of this, as it lacks some of the information shown here. At the bottom of the sheet it begins north east of Hawick, and shows the churches at Minto and Hassendean, then those at Hawick itself, and at Wilton, which is now a suburb of Hawick. It then seems to have started to divide the settlements into those along the Teviot river, and those along Borthwick Water, as the two diverging branches are so named. However, only those settlements along Borthwick Water have been named, with the number of communicants written beside each name. Many of these names still exist on the modern map.
Work Record ID
0043868
Subject Place
[Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Forth River, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0043913
Subject Place
[East Lothian, Ormiston, Scotland]
Description
These two 20th century copies of an original 1734 plan of Ormiston show the feuing details of part of the town. The land concerned lies between the High Street, The Wynd and the Back Lane. It shows approximately 22 separate plots of land, some much larger than others. One of the plots is occuied by a brewery, and of the rest, the larger ones are marked with the names of private individuals. No. 24 is occupied by John Christy. No. 25, which comes in two separated portions, is held by Robert Wilson, the larger portion formerly being held by William Davidson. No. 26 was formerly held by Charles Cockburn and is now held by George Wilson. No. 27 was also formerly held by Charles Cockburn and is now held by A.L. Brown. No. 28 is still held by Charles Cockburn, and by James Cockburn. No. 29 is held by the Wights. There is also a small property marked 'Cotterwell Cotthouses'.
Work Record ID
0043853
Subject Place
[East Lothian, Ormiston, Scotland]
Description
These two 20th century copies of an original 1734 plan of Ormiston show the feuing details of part of the town. The land concerned lies between the High Street, The Wynd and the Back Lane. It shows approximately 22 separate plots of land, some much larger than others. One of the plots is occuied by a brewery, and of the rest, the larger ones are marked with the names of private individuals. No. 24 is occupied by John Christy. No. 25, which comes in two separated portions, is held by Robert Wilson, the larger portion formerly being held by William Davidson. No. 26 was formerly held by Charles Cockburn and is now held by George Wilson. No. 27 was also formerly held by Charles Cockburn and is now held by A.L. Brown. No. 28 is still held by Charles Cockburn, and by James Cockburn. No. 29 is held by the Wights. There is also a small property marked 'Cotterwell Cotthouses'.
Work Record ID
0043853
Subject Place
[Aberdeenshire, Castle Fraser, Chappell, Don River, Garioch Burn, Glen Cluny, Keig, Kemnay, Aberdeen, Monymusk, Scotland, Tillycairn, Ton Burn]
Description
This beautifully drawn map of the parish of Monymusk in Aberdeenshire, is undated, but comes from the papers of Bishop Robert Forbes, and has been assigned to the early 18th. century. It shows every church in the parish of Monymusk, and in some of the neighbouring parishes, as well as the Ministers' houses. It also shows Castle Fraser and the villages of Monymusk, Cluny and Tillycairn. It shows in great detail the topography of the area, the roads leading to the neighbouring parishes and to Aberdeen, the main waterway the River Don, and some of the smaller burns such as the Garioch Burn and the Ton Burn.
Work Record ID
0043872
Subject Place
[Aberdeenshire, Castle Fraser, Chappell, Don River, Garioch Burn, Glen Cluny, Keig, Kemnay, Aberdeen, Monymusk, Scotland, Tillycairn, Ton Burn]
Description
This beautifully drawn map of the parish of Monymusk in Aberdeenshire, is undated, but comes from the papers of Bishop Robert Forbes, and has been assigned to the early 18th. century. It shows every church in the parish of Monymusk, and in some of the neighbouring parishes, as well as the Ministers' houses. It also shows Castle Fraser and the villages of Monymusk, Cluny and Tillycairn. It shows in great detail the topography of the area, the roads leading to the neighbouring parishes and to Aberdeen, the main waterway the River Don, and some of the smaller burns such as the Garioch Burn and the Ton Burn.
Work Record ID
0043872
Subject Place
[Midlothian, Newhall, Penicuik, Scotland, Wilson's Feu]
Description
This is a diagram in brown ink of a piece of land held in feu on the east side of Newhall village, south west of Penicuik, Midlothian. It is called 'Wilson's Feu'. The notes on it give its area as three eighths of an acre.
Work Record ID
0043842
Subject Place
[Edinburgh, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0042763
Subject Place
Scotland
Subject Category
[Antiquities, Roman, Battlefields, Board of Ordnance, Canals, Fortifications, Roads]
Description
This is the text note that accompanies the map in image 00003162. This is a copy done between 1748 and 1749 in the Tower of London Drawing Room. There is a note in this text which helps date the originals of this and its accompanying map. The text mentions the clans' continuing obedience to the 1725 Disarming Act, so that if the original map was drawn up at the same time as the original of this, they would both have to be dated to several years post-1725. However, the map does not mark any of the battles of 1745-1746 Stuart Rising, which seems to indicate that the original was drawn up prior to that date.
Work Record ID
0044096
Subject Place
[Advie, Airdberg, Auchvochkie, Cromdale, Inverallan and Advie, Garvault, Liechken Hill, Morayshire, Scotland]
Description
This map is drawn in brown ink, with the boundary of the farm lands in yellow, and a grey wash for the valley of the nearby river. It shows the lands belonging to the farm of Airdberg, lying between the lands of Advie, Garvault and Auchvochkie, in the parish of Cromdale, in Morayshire. The fields are numbered and their area and use given, and the names of the tenants of some of the fields are also given.
Work Record ID
0042933
Subject Place
[Ballingtomb, Cromdale, Inverallan and Advie, Morayshire, Scotland, Spey River]
Work Record ID
0043899
Subject Place
[Berwickshire, Northumberland, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Manuscript, Nautical charts]
Description
This is a manuscript copy of one of the maps from John Adair's atlas 'The Description of the Sea-Coast and Islands of Scotland with Large and Exact Maps for the Use of Seamen', first published by him in Edinburgh in 1688. The other maps in the atlas, and the title page, were also copied in manuscript and are in images 00003242-3246, 00003260 and 00003262. There is no certainty as to the origin or purpose of these manuscript copies, which are less detailed than the original printed maps. It is possible that they were drawing and copying exercises for the Tower of London Drawing Room draughtsmen, since they all have the Board of Ordnance stamp. The printed version of this map is uncoloured, but this has been coloured to indicate natural features and settlement features. This shows the coast of Northumberland from Sunderland Point to Berwick, and then the coast of Berwickshire north to St. Abb's Head. It indicates settlements with symbols of churches or houses, shaded red, prominent estates with houses shaded red, some with their boundaries also shown clearly. It indicates waterways, lighthouses, hills, sandbars and windmills. Images of the original printed atlas are on this website 00000026-35.
Work Record ID
0043538
Subject Place
[Aberdeenshire, Ardonald, Cairney, Inschtammack, Scotland]
Description
Plans of Inschtammack and Ardonald on either side of a torn sheet. Both show a series of separated plots of infield, outfield and grass and the names of occupiers. This appears to be a pre-improvement survey, before lands were reallocated. On the recto (front), the plan of Inschtammack near Huntly names several settlements, the Binn hill and river Deveron. An unfinished key lacks the field acreage. The protractor bearings of the survey can be seen marked in pencil below the inked plan. The Inschtammack plan probably dates to 1759 as on the verso (back) the words 'Inchstomach and ... The Plan 1759' are written across the drawing of Ardonald. Later marginal notes in black ink occur on both sides.
Work Record ID
0042470
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