Perthshire-Perth-1716 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21788

Map Date:

? 1716

Repository reference:

BLML K.Top.50.76

Historic county:

Perthshire

Town name:

Perth

Map type:

Military

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NO119236

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NO 1221

Map title:

'An exact plan of the town and adjacent parts of Perth. as it was fortified and possess'd by the Rebels in Scotland till they were driven thence by the victorious arms of king George Anno 1715/6.'

Comments on map:

Usual Board of Ordnance style: may be much later than 1716.

Scale:

1:6000

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

69.0 x 48.0

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, land-use

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised: Some outlying buildings pictorial.

Water transport infrastructure:

quays

Places of Worship:

cathedral/principal church only

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries: [Old fort, rebel earthworks].

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

BLML K.Top.50.76, NLS Z.03/02 a,b,c, Perth & Kinross Archives PE/P307; Perth A.K. Bell Library [ex Sandeman Library] [photo]; NLS [website].

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Gardens:

shown

Relief:

slopes shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1859-60

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1900

1:2500

1:10,560