Perthshire-Doune-1782 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22771

Map Date:

1782

Repository reference:

National Archives of Scotland RHP 14316

Historic county:

Perthshire

Town name:

Doune

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NN727015

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NN 6803

Map title:

'A plan of Doune in Perth Shire belonging to the right Honble. the Earl of Moray by James Stobie 1782.'

Comments on map:

Recorded from photocopy, reduced to 82 % of original size: scale and dimensions compensated. Scales of Scots and English chains: the latter fit better.

Scale:

1:7920

Map-maker:

James Stobie [sv].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

53 x 94

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, roads, water, land-use, decorative

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Mills:

watermills

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

National Archives of Scotland RHP 14316.

Waterbodies:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

symbolic/non-realistic: Cattle and herd to left of title; classical columns behind; plough and harrow in foreground; house and haystacks to right: general suggestion of agrarian prosperity and contentment.

Relief:

prominent hills

Symbolic elements:

Cattle, herd, classical columns, plough, harrow, house, haystacks, classical columns: surround title.

Ordnance Survey's

1862

1:2500

1:10,560

1899

1:2500

1:10,560