Recording a vision of an ordered Landscape: the example of Perthshire.

Most local and family historians are familiar with the many map resources now available on various internet sites but these tend to focus on small scale mapping of more extensive areas. The researcher attempting to locate mapping at the more local level can be faced with a very fragmented and confusing situation which has tended to underestimate what has been produced, who produced it and where it is located. Using the example of pre-Ordnance Survey estate plans of Perthshire and Kinross, this talk will highlight some of the complexities of a research project which aims to produce a catalogue of such plans for the whole of Scotland and bring the work of several local surveyors to the attention of a wider audience.

Please enter via the Soutar Theatre entrance on the West side of the library (through the glass doors).