Soil Survey of Scotland, 1950s-1980s
Detailed mapping of soils at 1:63,360 / 1:50,000 scale by the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute.
We are very grateful to the James Hutton Institute for permission to display these maps on our website.
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Detailed legends or keys to the particular colour scheme used can be viewed on each sheet, and are specific to the areas they cover.
This website just displays soil maps where the underlying Ordnance Survey mapping is out-of-copyright - view the James Hutton Institute website to order copies where the Ordnance Survey mapping is in-copyright.
Standard series
(See also, Special Sheets).
View sheets:
Sheet Number and Name |
Date of Survey |
Date of Publication |
Sheets 1, 2, 3, 4 Part 7 - Kirkmaiden, Whithorn, Stranraer and Wigtown | 1969 | 1971 |
Sheet 8 & Part 7 - Carrick & Girvan | 1965 | 1968 |
Sheet 14 & Part 13 - Ayr | 1962 | 1967 |
Sheet 17 - Jedburgh | 1953 | 1955 |
Sheet 18 - Morebattle | 1953 | 1955 |
Sheet 22 and Part 21 - Kilmarnock | ca 1956 | 1956 |
Sheet 23 - Hamilton | 1983 | 1984 |
Sheet 24 & Part 32 - Peebles and Edinburgh | 1971 | 1975 |
Sheet 25 - Kelso | 1955 | 1959 |
Sheet 26 - Berwick-upon-Tweed | 1955 | 1959 |
Sheet 29/30 - Rothesay - Glasgow | ca 1985 | 1985 |
Sheets 35, 36, 43, 44, 51 & 52 - Island of Mull | 1972 | 1974 |
Sheets 39 & Part 31 - Stirling | 1965 | 1968 |
Sheets 33, 34 & Part 41 - Haddington, Eyemouth & North Berwick | 1961 | 1966 |
Sheets 40 and Part 41 and 32 - Kinross, Elie & Edinburgh | 1974 | 1975 |
Sheets 48 and 49 - Perth & Arbroath | 1965 | 1968 |
Sheet 56 - Blairgowrie | 1985 | 1986 |
Sheet 66 and Sheet 67 - Banchory & Stonehaven | 1963 | 1966 |
Sheet 57 and Sheet 57a - Forfar | 1961 | 1964 |
Sheet 75 - Tomintoul | 1979 | 1981 |
Sheet 76 - Inverurie | 1957 | 1959 |
Sheet 77 - Aberdeen | ca 1962 | 1962 |
Part of sheets 83, 84, 93 & 94 - Black Isle | 1967 | 1969 |
Sheets 87 & 97 - Peterhead & Fraserburgh | ca 1959 | 1962 |
Sheet 84 & Part of Sheet 94 - Nairn & Cromarty | 1974 | 1976 |
Sheets 85 & 95 - Rothes & Elgin | 1978 | 1980 |
Sheet 86 - Huntly | ca 1954 | 1954 |
Sheet 94 - Cromarty & Invergordon | 1971 | 1972 |
Sheet 96 - Banff | ca 1954 | 1954 |
Sheet 103 - Golspie | ca 1987 | 1987 |
Sheets 109 & 115 - Achentoul & Reay | ca 1985 | 1985 |
Sheets 110 & 116 and Part 117 - Latheron & Wick | 1970 | 1972 |
Special