Stirlingshire-Stirling-1815 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22086

Map Date:

5.1815

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 10440(1)

Historic county:

Stirlingshire

Town name:

Stirling

Map type:

Military

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NS793939

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NS 7897

Map title:

'Plan of the town and castle of Stirling, surveyed in May 1815, by Lieut. E.A. Smith, 70th Regt.'

Comments on map:

In military rather than Board of Ordnance style: only included on grounds of scale: marked lack of text.

Scale:

1:7920

Map-maker:

Lieut. E.A. Smith, 70th Regt. [sv].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

68.3 x 54.7

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, land-use, other: Green trees, grey hill-shading, yellow for level ground.

Buildings:

noticeably generalised: Ribbons.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 10440 (1).

Relief:

slopes shown

Stated measuerments:

other: A few figures to indicate relative height.

Ordnance Survey's

1858

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1896

1:2500

1:10,560