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Ayrshire-Ayr-1654

CBTM:
22010
Map Date:
1654
Repository reference:
BL Ac.8256(31)
Historic county:
Ayrshire
Town name:
Ayr
Map type:
Military
Extent of cover:
fragmentary
National grid reference:
NS337220
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NS 3424
Map title:
'Citadell and Town of Ayre 1654.'
Comments on map:
F.p.xlviii in C.H. Firth (ed), Scotland and the Protectorate, Edinburgh: Constable, for the Scottish History Society, 1899. Original said to be in the Clarke Papers in Worcester College Library. Shows citadel in detail but shows little more than the main street of the town: only included by reason of date and scale.
Scale:
1:1800
Map-maker:
Hans Ewale Tessin Archit: Militar: [author].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
44 x 33
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
roads, water
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
misc: Tolbooths.
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
Worcester College, Clarke Papers [original]; BL Ac.8256(31) [1899: in C.H. Firth, Scotland and the Protectorate].
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Title on banner.
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
In river: cross-section of citadel ditches, 1:1200 [citadel may also be at this scale].
Crosses:
cross
Ordnance Survey's
1854-5
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
1895
1:2500
1:10,560
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