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Ayrshire-Ayr-1750

CBTM:
22896
Map Date:
? 1750
Repository reference:
BL Add. MS 33231.N
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:
'A plan of the town and citadell of Air surveyd by T Walker Asst. Engineer'.
Comments on map:
As usual, emphasis is much more on the citadel than on the town. BL catalogue dates it c.1750.
Scale:
1:3600
Map-maker:
T. Walker, Asst. Engineer [sv].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
46.5 x 33.0
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
'standard' colour scheme, land-use, decorative
Buildings:
noticeably generalised: Frontages only.
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Known copies of map:
BL Add. MS 33231.N; NLS EMS.p.72 [photo].
Decorative cartouches:
symbolic/non-realistic: Trees and rocks behind, two figures in hats to left; two putti at top of cartouche.
Symbolic elements:
Trees, rocks, figures in hats, putti: surround cartouche.
Ordnance Survey's
1854-5
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
1895
1:2500
1:10,560
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