Subject Place
[Blackness Castle, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Work Record ID
0043531
Subject Place
[Fife, Forth, Firth of, Midlothian, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Nautical charts]
Work Record ID
0043476
Subject Place
[Berwickshire, Hutton, Paxton, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0043984
Subject Place
[Berwickshire, Hutton, Paxton, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0043984
Subject Place
[Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland]
Description
This plan, dated March 4th 1732, shows a series of enclosed fields, each with the acreage marked. The road to Stirling is drawn. Each field is described in some detail, including muir, meadow grass, arable, furr (furze) brae, woodlands and haugh. Some areas are marked as outfield reflecting the layout of the pre-improvement landscape, although this appears to be improved ground. Two large steadings with yards are drawn. The buildings are symbols rather than representations. Interestingly, bull yards are marked beside each steading. The mansion house and its yard are also shown, but without detail.
Work Record ID
0042479
Subject Place
[Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland]
Description
This plan, dated March 4th 1732, shows a series of enclosed fields, each with the acreage marked. The road to Stirling is drawn. Each field is described in some detail, including muir, meadow grass, arable, furr (furze) brae, woodlands and haugh. Some areas are marked as outfield reflecting the layout of the pre-improvement landscape, although this appears to be improved ground. Two large steadings with yards are drawn. The buildings are symbols rather than representations. Interestingly, bull yards are marked beside each steading. The mansion house and its yard are also shown, but without detail.
Work Record ID
0042479
Subject Place
[Edinburgh, Leith, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Cities and towns, Inspector General of Fortifications]
Description
This map has the stamp of the Inspector of Government Fortifications, rather than the stamp of the Board of Ordnance, and appears at some point, to have been in the hands of the family of William Skinner, who was Chief Engineer for Scotland from 1746, and then of Great Britain, to his death in 1780.
Work Record ID
0043506
Subject Place
Scotland
Subject Category
Fortification
Work Record ID
0043600
Subject Place
[Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Castles, Powder magazines]
Description
This manuscript plan, drawn in about 1740 by a Board of Ordnance draughtsman, shows the powder magazine at the western end of the Edinburgh Castle defences. The store which was demolished in 1748 is shown on John Slezer's plan of the castle drawn in 1671. This was a two-storied building with the gunpowder stored below ground and an upper room. The outer wall would have reduced blast in case of an accident. From about 1730, a 'train shed' to hold artillery was built beside the powder magazine. Field guns were first used in Scotland in the fifteenth century, becoming a major element to be considered in military architecture from the sixteenth century onwards.
Work Record ID
0042417
Subject Place
[Banffshire, Kirkmichael, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0043953
Subject Place
[Banffshire, Kirkmichael, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0043953
Subject Place
[Banffshire, Kirkmichael, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0043953
Subject Place
[Banffshire, Kirkmichael, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0043953
Subject Place
[Banffshire, Kirkmichael, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0043953
Subject Place
[Lasswade, Loanhead, Mavisbank House, Midlothian, Scotland]
Description
This sketch of the planned inner court at Mavisbank House, Loanhead, would probably be drawn somewhere between 1720 and 1727. There is no date on the sketch, but the building of the house itself was from 1723 to 1727. While it is known that William Adam designed and built the house for the 2nd. Baronet of Penicuik, Sir John Clerk, who lived between 1676 and 1755, there is nothing to indicate that he actually drew this plan. Sir John Clerk himself was a designer and architect, as he is responsible for the new Penicuik House of 1761. There is another part of the plans on image 00002140, showing the planned grounds leading up to the main house. There is also a map of the grounds at Mavisbank House from 1697, on image 00002251.
Work Record ID
0043843
Subject Place
Scotland
Work Record ID
0042713
Subject Place
Orkney,Scotland
Subject Category
Nautical charts,Navigation
Work Record ID
0043603
Subject Place
[Bilston, Bilston Burn, Lasswade, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland]
Subject Category
Mines and mineral resources
Work Record ID
0043969
Subject Place
[Banff, Banffshire, Kingswell Lane, Scotland]
Description
This small map, drawn in brown ink, shows the boundaries and the area of a garden that had belonged to a Banff merchant called James Goodall. There is no indication of who owns the land at the time of the map, (its date is also unclear, other than some time on the 18th century), but the neighbouring property is held by 'Mr. Robison'. As there is discussion on the area covered by the dykes, it is probable that Mr. Robison is disputing the boundaries. The map shows 'Street to the Harbour' on one side of the property, 'Lane to the Kings Well' on a second side, 'Road to the Parks' on a third side, and part of 'Mr. Robison's' land on the fourth. There is still a 'Kingswell Lane' leading to the harbour, in Banff.
Work Record ID
0043847
Subject Place
[Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland]
Subject Category
Roads
Description
This 18th century elevation drawing shows a bridge between Alloa shore and Coalhill titled 'Sketch of a bridge waggon roa[d]. 80 yards to be supported'. It depicts a roadway of planks laid across trestle type frames or couples. Notes in a different ink to the title and less tidy, although possibly written by the same person, give detailed measurements. The roadway was to be 5 foot wide of 5 inch planks laid over couples placed 9 foot apart. This is probably the waggonway built from the colliery in 1768. During the 18th century several short wagon ways were built at collieries, the earliest being built at Tranent colliery in 1722 and others along the Clyde in the 1750's.
Work Record ID
0042447
Subject Place
[Berwickshire, Cranshaws, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0043987
Subject Place
[Berwickshire, Cranshaws, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0043987
Subject Place
[Berwickshire, Cranshaws, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0043987
Subject Place
[Fort William, Fort William Area, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Work Record ID
0043474
Subject Place
[Aberdeen, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Cities and towns, Streets]
Description
This anonymous 18th century plan shows details of drainage problems in a 'street called Shiprow'. The town is unnamed but it is thought to be Aberdeen and the orientation and slope shown on the plan are accurate for Shiprow, Aberdeen. The road is drawn with slabbed pavements on either side. Properties on the east side are named, with details such as 'Sugar cellar' marked, presumably a warehouse or store as this is near the quay. The purpose of the map seems to have been an attempt to find solutions to an overflow of surface drainage caused by an obstruction at the bend in the road. A pencilled line and annotation mark a 'dam suggested by Mr R(?)obbertson'.
Work Record ID
0042442
Subject Place
[Argyll and Bute, Campbeltown Battery, Kilkivan Church, Scotland]
Description
The paper of this map has darkened and there are stains, but the clear handwriting in not difficult to read. Its shows the lands belonging to the church at Kilkivan, Campbeltown, Argyll, and indicates the position of the manse, its garden, which is shown surrounded by trees, and the roads and ditches leading away from it. The field names are all in Gaelic and are given prominent positions. In the lower half of the sheet is a table which lists the fields by name, along with their acreage 'in Scotish measure'. The total acreage in given at the bottom of the sheet, in both Scottish and English measure Kilkivan was one of the four ancient parishes of the area, which were united into one at the end of the 17th century. At the same time, the settlement lost its name of Kilkerran, and became Campbeltown. Kilkivan is an anglicisation of Cill Caomhan or St Kevin's church.
Work Record ID
0043866
Subject Place
Scotland
Work Record ID
0042711
Subject Place
[Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Montrose, Old Aberdeen, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, 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. It shows the coasts of Angus and Aberdeenshire, from Redhead promontory to Aberdeen. It indicates settlements and prominent estates with symbols of churches or houses, shaded red. It also indicates waterways, hills, sandbars and windmills. The towns of Montrose, Aberdeen and Old Aberdeen are shaded red, with the main buildings indicated. Images of the original printed atlas are on this website (images 00000026-35). The printed original of the title page is image 00000035.
Work Record ID
0043539
Subject Place
Annandale,Dumfriesshire,Liddesdale,Scotland
Subject Category
Border disputes (England and Scotland)
Work Record ID
0044097
Subject Place
[Hadden Rig, Knottieleese, Northumberland, Roxburghshire, Scotland, Scottish Borders, Sprouston]
Subject Category
Border disputes (England and Scotland)
Description
This manuscript plan, dated to 1605, was drawn in connection with a dispute over property on the border between Scotland and England at Hadden Rig, near Kelso. The plan is coloured with a decorated border and cartouche. Burns are coloured blue. Two possible marches between the lands of Sir John Carr, Sir Raphe Graie [Grey] and Mr Foster are shown with dotted lines, one coloured yellow, the other red. Both marches are indicated by landmarks including several burns, a well, two grey stones and three named cairns, drawn as little stone mounds. The use of prehistoric monuments as boundary marks has sometimes prevented them from being destroyed by land improvements.
Work Record ID
0042444
Subject Place
Scotland
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Nautical charts, Navigation]
Description
This is the title page of a manuscript copy of the maps from John Adair's atlas of the same title, first published by him in Edinburgh in 1688. The six maps in the atlas were also copied in manuscript and are in images 00003243 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. The original title page has been almost exactly reproduced, even to the accurate copying of the different fonts of the original. Images of the original printed atlas are on this website 00000026-35. The printed original of this title page is image 00000026.
Work Record ID
0043533
Subject Place
[Burghead, Covesea, Findhorn River, Scotland]
Subject Category
Nautical charts
Description
This 19th century manuscript chart is a copy of a chart which appeared in Capt. Greenvile (Grenville) Collins's book of charts 'Great Britain's Coasting Pilot' (London: Richard Mount, 1693). Collins began a survey of the coasts of England and the east coast of Scotland in 1681, at the direction of Charles II and the Admiralty, which took him seven years. The charts were first published separately, as they were completed. This chart covers the coast of the Moray Firth from the mouth of the Findhorn river eastwards to what is now Covesea, also taking in the fishing port of Findhorn and the then uninhabited Burghead. It marks the depths of the sea in fathoms both in the coastal areas and further out. A structure at 'Cousey Point' (Covesea) may be a beacon or early lighthouse. The printed original of this is on image 00000533.
Work Record ID
0043845
Subject Place
[Killin, Perthshire, Scotland]
Work Record ID
0042452
Subject Place
[Firth of Tay, Scotland, Tay River]
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, 00003261and 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 Fife from St. Monans to the entry to the Firth of Tay, and then upriver as far as Scone, and then north and east up the coast of Angus to Redhead promontory. 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 (images 00000026-35).
Work Record ID
0043537
Subject Place
[Forth, Firth of, 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, 00003243, 00003424, 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. The printed version of this map is uncoloured, but this has been coloured to indicate natural features and settlement features. It shows the coast of East Lothian, Midlothian and West Lothian, with the entry to the Firth of Forth, from St. Abb's Head to Queensferry, and upriver to Stirling, and from Stirling east and north to Kingsbarns on the coast of Fife. It indicates settlements with symbols of churches or houses, shaded red, and in some of the larger ones shows the main street. Prominent estates are indicated by houses shaded red, the avenues of trees or the boundaries also shown clearly. It indicates waterways, hills, sandbars and windmills. The city of Edinburgh is shaded red, with the main streets of High Street, Canongate and Cowgate indicated, the Nor' Loch shaded green, and the castle and Holyrood Palace clearly drawn and shaded red. The area now known as 'Arthur's Seat' is marked as being fenced off. The port of Leith is entirely circled by walls, and there is a fortification north of the Water of Leith. The palace at Linlithgow is also indicated in red. Images of the original printed atlas are on this website (images 00000026-35).
Work Record ID
0043536
Subject Place
[Forth, Firth of, 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, 00003243, 00003424, 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. The printed version of this map is uncoloured, but this has been coloured to indicate natural features and settlement features. It shows the coast of East Lothian, Midlothian and West Lothian, with the entry to the Firth of Forth, from St. Abb's Head to Queensferry, and upriver to Stirling, and from Stirling east and north to Kingsbarns on the coast of Fife. It indicates settlements with symbols of churches or houses, shaded red, and in some of the larger ones shows the main street. Prominent estates are indicated by houses shaded red, the avenues of trees or the boundaries also shown clearly. It indicates waterways, hills, sandbars and windmills. The city of Edinburgh is shaded red, with the main streets of High Street, Canongate and Cowgate indicated, the Nor' Loch shaded green, and the castle and Holyrood Palace clearly drawn and shaded red. The area now known as 'Arthur's Seat' is marked as being fenced off. The port of Leith is entirely circled by walls, and there is a fortification north of the Water of Leith. The palace at Linlithgow is also indicated in red. Images of the original printed atlas are on this website (images 00000026-35).
Work Record ID
0043536
Subject Place
Orkney,Scotland
Work Record ID
0043928
Subject Place
Scotland
Work Record ID
0042738
Subject Place
[Orkney, Scotland]
Description
This anonymous map of 'The Kingdome of Scotland', dated to ca. 1630 is copied from the map of Scotland of 1610 published by John Speed which was itself based on the outline of Scotland drawn by Gerard Mercator in 1564. This map lacks the pictures of James VI and other members of the royal family which decorated the margins of Speed's map. There are also some variations in the place names which include burghs, castles and some abbeys. When a map was printed from the engraved plate, some copies might be sold without colour and others coloured. The colouring in this example is quite crude, with colours overlapping, or crossing the engraved outline, as occurred in the compass card and the title cartouche.
Work Record ID
0042595
Subject Place
[Harray, Orkney, Palace of Birsay, Scotland]
Description
A very detailed sketch plan of the Earl's Palace at Birsay, Orkney. It is undated. The palace, built between 1574 and the end of the 16th century, was occupied until the mid-17th century, then abandoned. By the time of this drawing it was certainly empty and probably becoming ruinous so much of the detail must be treated with caution. The drawing does, however, reflect the growing antiquarian interest of the 18th century. The palace buildings are drawn in elevation, but from different angles so they appear flattened. Architectural details such as the stepped gables and different windows are shown. Yards and bow butts are identified, the latter complete with targets and arrows.
Work Record ID
0042396
Subject Place
[Harray, Orkney, Palace of Birsay, Scotland]
Description
A very detailed sketch plan of the Earl's Palace at Birsay, Orkney. It is undated. The palace, built between 1574 and the end of the 16th century, was occupied until the mid-17th century, then abandoned. By the time of this drawing it was certainly empty and probably becoming ruinous so much of the detail must be treated with caution. The drawing does, however, reflect the growing antiquarian interest of the 18th century. The palace buildings are drawn in elevation, but from different angles so they appear flattened. Architectural details such as the stepped gables and different windows are shown. Yards and bow butts are identified, the latter complete with targets and arrows.
Work Record ID
0042396
Subject Place
Scotland
Description
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.
Work Record ID
0043876
Subject Place
Forfarshire,Montrose,Scotland
Work Record ID
0043998
Subject Place
[Angus, Montrose, 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, 00003243, 00003425, 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. The printed version of this map (image 00000034) is uncoloured, but this has been coloured to indicate natural features and settlement features. It shows the coast of Angus, from Redhead promontory to the North Esk river, including the town of Montrose, which is shaded red, and has the lie of the main streets indicated. It also indicates waterways, hills, sand bars and windmills. Images of the original printed atlas are on this website (images 00000026-35).
Work Record ID
0043535
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 is described on the original War Office records as 'a colored and unfinished copy'. There seems to be another copy at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/20a.
Work Record ID
0043067
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