Military Maps of Scotland (18th century)

During the Jacobite period in the 18th century, the Board of Ordnance made numerous maps and plans for the use of government troops. They provide valuable information about 18th century Scotland, and are of interest not just to military historians. Further information and text-based index.

themes Fortifications: Aberdeen (9 items)Arbroath (1 item)Banff (1 item)Blackness (4 items)Braemar (12 items)Cairn na Burgh (2 items)Campbeltown (1 item)Castle Duart (6 items)Corgarff (13 items)Dumbarton (8 items)Dunbar (1 item)Edinburgh (46 items) Eilean Donan (2 items)Fort Augustus/Kiliwhimen (47 items)Fort Charlotte (14 items)Fort George (Ardersier) (48 items)Fort George (Inverness) (37 items)Fort William (31 items)Glasgow (1 item)Glen Elg (13 items)Gordon (1 item)Greenock (2 items)Invergarry (2 items)Inversnaid (14 items) Leith (7 items)Montrose (1 item)Perth (12 items)Peterhead (2 items)Ruthven (8 items)Stirling (23 items)Tioram Castle (5 items) Roads: Moray Firth environs (1 item)Fort William - Kinlochleven (1 item)Ruthven - Braemar (1 item)Fort William - Inverness (1 item)Inversnaid - Dunkeld - Fort William (5 items)Callander - Fort William (1 item)Glen Shee - Braemar (2 items)Blairgowrie - Braemar (3 items) Stirling - Fort William (part) (3 items)Stirling - Fort Augustus (1 item)Perth - Inverness (1 item) Battles: Culloden (4 items)Falkirk (1 item)Glenshiel (2 items)Prestonpans (4 items)Sheriffmuir (3 items) Coastal Charts: Scotland - 1583 (1 item)Scotland - 1703 - Title page (1 item)Bressay Sound, Shetland (1 item)Farne Islands - St Abbs Head (1 item)Firth of Forth (1 item)Firth of Tay (1 item)Montrose (1 item)Montrose - Aberdeen (1 item)Mull (2 items)Hebrides (1 item) Clans: Scotland (whole) (2 items)Scotland (central) - map (1 item)Scotland (central) - explanation (1 item) people Surveyors / Draughtsmen / Copyists: Adair, JohnAnderson, JabezArcher, JohnAssiotti, FrancisAvery, JosephBassett, C.Bastide, John HenryBeaumont, JohnBogdaniBooth, WilliamBurr, G. T. D.Campbell, DugalCastleman, HenryChamberlaine, Augustus H.Chamberlaine, F.Clark, ThomasColebrooke, Pawlett WilliamColtman, NathanielCoomb, RichardCooper, JohnCooper, R.Daubant, AbrahamDeleny, JohnDodd, P.Dumaresq, JohnDury, TheodoreEdwards, TalbotElphinstone, Sir HowardField, JohnFinlayson, JohnFisher, T.Frazer, AndrewGould, FrancisGrante, James AlexanderHewitt, JohnJaffray, JohnJelfe, S.Johnson, JohnJohnson, RobertJones, Jasper LeighLaye, JohnLempriere, ClementLewis, M. W.Marcell, LewisMassey, GeorgeMiller, JamesMinshell, N.Moore, ThomasMorrison, GeorgeMulcaster, ?Frederick GeorgeO'Brien, JohnOrdnance SurveyParish, Henry WilliamPaterson, DanielPetit (des Etans), LewisRae, A.Rae, AlfredRead, M.Robinson, DavidRoe, RobertRogerson, W. M.Romer, John LambertusRoy, WilliamRudyerd, HenrySandby, PaulSedley, John S.Shipley, Sir CharlesSkinner, WilliamSmart, ThomasSpencer, J.Tarrant, CharlesTest, WilliamTiddeman, MarkWade, GeorgeWalker, ThomasWatson, DavidWatt, HenryWilldey, Thomas places Country and County: [Great Britain][Scotland]AberdeenshireAngusArgyllshireAyrshireBanffshireDumbartonshireEast Lothian EdinburghshireElginshireForfarshireHaddingtonshireInverness-shireLanarkshireLinlithgowshireMidlothianMorayPerthshireRenfrewshireRoss & CromartyshireShetlandStirlingshireWest Lothian   Search

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