Fife-Dunfermline-1776 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21856

Map Date:

? 1776

Repository reference:

NASc RHP 199

Historic county:

Fife

Town name:

Dunfermline

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

NT092874

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NT 1292

Map title:

'A plan of the Estate of Pittencrieff, Luscar and Clune...'

Comments on map:

Town only occupies a fairly small part of the map, and entry relates only to this part. Scottish chains assumed.

Scale:

1:3552

Map-maker:

Rob. Scotland [sv].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

108 x 151

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

roads, water, estate, decorative

Road names:

important roads only

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Palace, House and public buildings pictorial.

Mills:

watermills

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: Water Cistern [in town].

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively, (pictorial)

Public buildings:

misc: Tolbooth.

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown, orchards: Orchards by annotation.

Known copies of map:

NASc RHP 199.

Industry:

timber

Gardens:

shown

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Tenement boundaries group:

very incomplete

Ordnance Survey's

1854

1:1056

1:10,560

1896

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560