Forfarshire [Angus]-Montrose-1746
CBTM:
21785
Map Date:
1746
Repository reference:
BLML K.Top.49.20
Historic county:
Forfarshire [Angus]
Town name:
Montrose
Map type:
uncertain
Extent of cover:
fragmentary
National grid reference:
NO714575
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NO 7257
Map title:
'A plan of the town and harbour of Montrose survey'd and drawn by Daniel Paterson 1745-6.'
Comments on map:
Similar style to Aberdeen [Exeter 21783], but with churches and cartouche.
Scale:
1:960
Map-maker:
Daniel Paterson [sv].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
35.0 x 26.0
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
boundaries
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Defence and military:
misc.: Several batteries; also 'Here the French Ship ran aground'.
Known copies of map:
BLML K.Top.49.21 [original]; Angus Archives P8 [photo].
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Decorative cartouches:
symbolic/non-realistic, m, e, R, m, a, i, d, s, t, o, P, l, e, s, s, o, n, e, a, c, h, s, i, d, e, .
Relief:
'molehills': Mixed molehills and hachures.
Symbolic elements:
Mermaids: flank cartouche.
Tenement boundaries group:
generalised/schematic
Ordnance Survey's
1861-2
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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