Ross and Cromarty-Dingwall-1789 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21901

Map Date:

1789

Repository reference:

NASc RHP 1474

Historic county:

Ross and Cromarty

Town name:

Dingwall

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

NH550587

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NH 5459

Map title:

'Plan of the Burgh Lands of the Estate of Tulloch the property of Duncan Davidson Esqr made out from an accurate survey by David Aitken 1789'.

Comments on map:

Mapping of town seems fragmentary and not to relied on for details behind streets. Feuing with buildings on north side seems not to have been carried out: see the 1827 map [Exeter 21902].

Scale:

1:3552

Map-maker:

James Aitken [sv].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

92.0 x 70.0

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

land-use

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Kirk, Spire and unnamed building with weathercock in main street [probably the jail] shown pictorially.

Mills:

watermills

Water transport infrastructure:

quays

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Known copies of map:

NASc RHP 1474.

Gardens:

shown

Antiquities:

Castle yard.

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary for location purposes

Relief:

prominent hills

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1869-74

1:2500

1:10,560