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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 |
RHP11587 |
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Title |
Plan of the mouth and lower reaches of the River Spey |
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Dates |
1727 |
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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. |
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Location |
On site (Sighthill) |
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Description |
'Copie Survey of the River Spey taken Anno 1727 Upon which the Judgement of the House of Peers now to be explained Proceeded. Engraved by Thos. Phinn, New Exchange, Edinr., June, 1761.' By [Alexander McGill], surveyor. Thomas Phinn, engraver, Edinburgh.
Scale not given. 384 x 244 mm. Hand coloured. Engraving.
This plan shows lower reaches of the river Spey from Spey Bay at Garmouth inland to near Gordon Castle, by Fochabers [i.e. from Bihaggardes Gevin to Pottie-burn]. It was engraved by Thomas Phinn in Edinburgh in 1761, copied from a map surveyed by Alexander McGill in 1727. Features include: Explanation; detail of Gordon Castle; and arrow indicating directional flow of river. Title in rococo cartouche. |
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Level |
File |
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Copies |
Imaged for the Charting the Nation project. |
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Related material |
GD44/36/32. |
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Archival history |
Papers of the Gordon Family, Dukes of Gordon (Gordon Castle Muniments) |
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