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Country code |
GB |
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Repository code |
234 |
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Repository |
National Records of Scotland |
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Reference |
RHP10 |
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Title |
Plan of the River Findhorn from the Sluy-Pool, downward to the River's Mouth, Forres, Morayshire |
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Dates |
1765 |
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Access status |
Open |
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Access conditions |
This record has been digitally imaged and will not be produced for readers. The digital images may be seen in the NRS Search Rooms on the 'Virtual Volumes' system or on the ScotlandsPeople website http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk. |
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Location |
On site (Sighthill) |
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Description |
'The River Findhorn from the Sluy-Pool, downward to the river's mouth, at low water; together with the coast and the lands adjacent, and the howings of the tide, for the course of a whole moon with the fishing places, etc'. By Peter May.
[1:16,000] 1 inch = 18 Scottish chains. 1990 x 1070 mm. Ink and colour wash. Dissected into three sheets. Linen backing.
Very detailed map of River Findhorn from Sluie to sea. Towns of Findhorn and Forres, windmills, church, mill, limekiln and roads noted. Runrig and enclosures shown with land use indicated - arable, pasture and woodland. Inset four plans of coast from Black Lake of Tannachy westward to Cultyre showing amount of shore covered at different states of the tide. Description of tide each day from 27 August 1765 to 25 September 1765. Inset views of Castle Tarnaway, Baird's Yards, Tannachy and abbey of Kinloss. Detailed key. Parts of Edinkellie, Rafford, Dyke and Moy. and Kinloss parishes included. Published in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, by A C O'Dell and K Walton (1962), p123. |
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Level |
Item |
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Extent |
1 plan, folded |
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Copyright |
Crown Copyright |
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Related material |
EP MACK 28/1/1768 |
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Archival history |
Court of Session records (CS) |
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| PL847 | Forres, Morayshire, Scotland |
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