Maps & Plans

An account of Town and Harbour of Pulteneytown from their Origin in the year 1803 to 1844 and a description of the construction of sea walls in deep water. (maps & plans)

A guide to the Neolithic settlement at Skara Brae by the Australian archaeologist, Vere Gordon Childe. (maps)

Maps from the reports of The Society for the Support of Gaelic Schools. The society was set up to support the teaching of adults and children to read the Scriptures in Gaelic.

Maps of the parish of Cawder in the 1780s.

Maps and plans from the Clan Donald Library and Museum of the Isles.

Old plans of Inverness.

Plans for new buildings or alterations to existing ones which were submitted to the Dean of Guild for approval.

Maps from the book 'Down to the Sea' by Jessie MacDonald and Anne Gordon and illustrated by Johan Sutherland.

Maps of the Skye and Kyle of Lochalsh area collected by Kyle pharmacist Duncan Macpherson. The collection is held by Skye and Lochalsh Archive Centre.

Maps from various books in the Fraser Mackintosh collection. The collection is held in Inverness Library.

Maps of the Glenurquhart area provided by the Glenurquhart Heritage Group.

Maps and plans from the collections held at the Highland Folk Museum.

A collection of illustrated map postcards from all over the Highlands held by Highland Libraries.

A collection of Highland Railway Society maps & plans held by The Highland Council Archives

A collection of maps & plans held by the Highland Railway Society

Maps and plans from the Highland Roads and Bridges reports by Thomas Telford.

Plans from the collection of Isobel Frances Grant held by Edinburgh City Library and Information Service.

Plans from an Architectural Audit of Inverness carried out by the Inverness Civic Trust.

Maps of Inverness from 'Life in Inverness in the Sixteenth Century' by William Mackay (1911)

A small collection of maps and plans from various sources.

'The Northern Highlands in the Nineteenth Century' by James Barron was published in three volumes in 1903, 1907 and 1913. Published by Robert Carruthers and Sons of Inverness, each volume contains extracts and summaries from Highland-based newspapers covering the first 56 years of the 19th century.

This booklet examines some map-makers who were associated with Caithness (John Elder, Timothy Pont and Alexander Bryce) and also reviews some early maps of the county.

Ordnance Survey plans of Inverness from the 1860s.

The Clan Donald Library's Pocket Museum is a collection of photographs, maps, etc which illustrate life on a Highland estate.

Maps and plans of various archeaological sites and artifacts taken from 'Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland'.

Maps and plans taken from an account of the Improvements that Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster planned for his estates in Scotland.

Caledonian Canal charts from the collection of Sir Alexander MacEwen.

Map of the Highlands of Scotland from the book 'Sketches of the Character, Manner and Present State of the Highlanders of Scotland' by Colonel David Stewart.

Map from the sale catalogue of the Skibo Estate.

Maps from 'The County of Caithness' edited by John Horne and published in 1907.

Various maps and plans held by The Highland Council Archive.

Maps of Caithness from the diary of James Banks, a school teacher in the area between 1839 and 1860.

A summary of the development of the career of Caithness shipbuilder James Bremner, together with a detailed account of many of his projects carried out in the northeast of Scotland. (maps & plans)

Plans collected by William J Ramsay as part of an exhibition about the Scottish Hydro Electric Board.