Maps

Maps of many types

 Maps are vital - but I'm only including basic maps in the blog posts. That's partly for space reasons, and partly because of the copyright status of many.  Genealogy without maps would be boring. Sterile. And misleading :-)

So here are some samples, and after that the main sources of more. (Download images to enlarge them.)

1: The kingdoms that formed Scotland

Scotland - kingdoms c. 600AD
(From youTube, There's a lot of rubbish on YouTube though)

2: Population density, 2026 This is almost the inverse of a relief map.

From https://www.businessinsider.com/incredible-map-shows-scottish-population-2016-3


3: Forfar  1794 (dedicated to 'The Nobles and Gentry')

https://maps.nls.uk/view/74400191

These historical maps hold a vast amount of detail, and are fine exmaples of the engravers art. 

4:  Angus-shire!

https://maps.nls.uk/counties/rec/7137


Yes, the county has had at least four names. This map of Angus-shire dates from 1825.

5: Angus and Kincardine(shire) locations.


6: Aberdeenshire


From https://maps.nls.uk/counties/aberdeenshire.html

(Impressive enlarged: I have a poster-size print on the wall)

7: Arboath street map, 1901


Some useful sources of maps

1: Land Use Maps

"HLAmap is a Scotland-wide view of land use in modern and past times.
It uses simple annotated maps to show how the landscape has changed over time, giving the user a tool to decipher the broad elements of the historic environment."

Immense detail - so slow to load sometimes. What sort of farming was being done? What's the lay of the land? Read the tutorials! My most-used site.

2: Easier to use, not so historical, maps of land use.

3:  the historical environment, down to such detail as listed buildings, monuments. https://pastmap.org.uk/map

4: County maps - through the ages 
 
5: Parishes - outline maps of parishes and counties