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This page presents a listing, in shelfmark order, of the main Sutherland Estate mapping held by the National Library of Scotland. As some items are very fragile, held in volumes, or as large rolled maps, only around two-thirds of the maps have so far been scanned (October 2020).
- John Kirk
John Kirk's attractive and detailed volumes of manuscript...
- John Kirk
Estate Maps of Sutherland, 1730s-1950s. The most detailed maps of rural areas before Ordnance Survey mapping, illustrating all aspects of estate management. See also county maps, for less detailed maps of rural areas. Browse Estate Maps of Scotland using a graphic index.
Estate maps are primarily associated with the major era of agricultural improvement from around 1760 to 1840, and are often the most detailed maps of rural areas before Ordnance Survey mapping. Browse Estate Maps of Scotland using a graphic index
The Sutherland estate in the north of Scotland was one of the most famous, or infamous, of all Highland estates. Its vast size (at 1.1 million acres it covered nearly the whole county of Sutherland) and the wealth and policies of the family that owned it, the dukes of Sutherland, has singled it out for much comment.
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The Sutherland Estate, 1850-1920: Aristocratic Decline, Estate Management and Land Reform. From the mid-nineteenth century until the end of World War I, the Sutherland Estate was the largest landed estate in western Europe; at 1.1 million acres, the ducal family owned almost the entire county of Sutherland as well as a further 30,000 acres in ...
Dunrobin Castle (mostly 1835–1845 — present) is a stately home in Sutherland, in the Highland area of Scotland, as well as the family seat of the Earl of Sutherland, Chief of the Clan Sutherland. It is located one mile (1.5 kilometres) north of Golspie and approximately five miles (eight kilometres) south of Brora, overlooking the Dornoch ...
