Ross and Cromarty-Tain-1750 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21915

Map Date:

? 1750

Repository reference:

NASc RHP 275/1

Historic county:

Ross and Cromarty

Town name:

Tain

Map type:

boundaries

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NH780820

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NH 7786

Map title:

'A plan of the boundaries of the burgh of Tain with march marks...'

Comments on map:

NASc catalogue dates it 1750, and attributes it to Alexander Sangster or J. Maxwell: rather faded in places.

Scale:

1:8880

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

65.0 x 78.0

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

boundaries

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Mills:

watermills

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough

Known copies of map:

NASc RHP 275/1, RHP 275/2; NASc RHP 275/3 [photo of original held by town clerk, Tain); NASc RHP 10218 [photo].

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary for location purposes: [Near boundary].

Waterbodies:

shown

Crosses:

cross, R, o, s, s, .

Ordnance Survey's

1873

1:2500

1:10,560