Banffshire-Buckie-1780 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21824

Map Date:

1780

Repository reference:

SRO RHP 2467/3

Historic county:

Banffshire

Town name:

Buckie

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

NJ424657

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NJ 4566

Map title:

'Plan of the Newtown, Fishtown and sea-coast of Buckie with the local situation & bearings of the rocks in the Bay call'd the Mucks 1780.'

Comments on map:

The rocks rather dominate the map: the Fishtown is a row of building, and the Newtown is streets only. Catalogue attribution to George Brown.

Scale:

1:5160

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

46.0 x 36.8

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

altitude information

Colouring:

other: Rocks.

Buildings:

shown

Known copies of map:

NASc RHP 2967/3.

River and foreshore features:

foreshore, foreshore material specified

Relief:

prominent hills, cliffs

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Sites for Bleachfield and Harbour.

Stated measuerments:

soundings

Ordnance Survey's

1866

1:2500

1:10,560