Pont 21 : Lower Glen Almond; Strathearn
Pont 21(1) Lower Glen Almond
- Pont has used a wide variety of symbols to depict smaller settlements, and larger structures such as Methven Castle are often sketched.
- A cross has been drawn across this map, perhaps indicating that it had been superseded or that it was considered inaccurate.
- This area is covered also by Pont 22 (front).
- Five of Gordon's manuscript maps include part of the area: 2, 4, 6, 41, and 43.
- See also the printed map of Braid-Allaban by Blaeu. It includes the very south west part of this area.
Pont 21(2) Strathearn
- Much of this map has been over-drawn in dark ink, probably by Robert Gordon. It is likely that Gordon also added the scale bar (lower left), and the title adjacent:
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The Draught of Strath Erin
be Mr Timothee Pont
- This map shows two bridges. One spans the River Earn at Kombre (Comrie) (centre), and the other crosses a small river just east of Kreef (Crieff) (centre right).
- There are several interesting notes on this sheet. One such, above Loch Eryn (Loch Earn), is re-written in the hand of Gordon. It says:
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Glen cuyrnan or the hellish
glen for [th]e steep lyns
upon it
- At the south east end of Loch Earn, Pont has drawn ane antient fort of Doundarn (Dundurn).
- Some of the other notes are transcribed by Stone (1989).
- The south east of this area is also covered by Pont 22 (front)
- Three manuscript maps by Gordon cover this area but include relatively little information. They are sheets: 2, 6, and 48.
- None of Blaeu's printed maps provide coverage of the area. Hence, this map by Pont is all the more valuable as a unique historical source.
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