{"id":134,"date":"2011-03-04T22:46:36","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T22:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dorothydunnett.co.uk\/blog\/?p=134"},"modified":"2026-04-18T21:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T21:52:10","slug":"maps-maps-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dorothydunnett.co.uk\/blog\/news\/maps-maps-maps.php","title":{"rendered":"Maps maps maps, …and a Dunnett bonus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I followed a link from a friend on Twitter to the National Library of Scotland site. The NLS was of course an organisation dear to Dorothy’s heart, and they have proven to be very imaginative in their developments on their website. I’ve mentioned before the old maps that they’ve put online, now they’ve combined their old maps as overlays with Google maps. For instance if you want to see Edinburgh as it was in 1849-53 and compare it with the current views you can go to http:\/\/geo.nls.uk\/maps\/towns\/edinburgh1849\/openlayers.html<\/a> and zoom in and out as you would with normal Google maps. Of course it’s not Lymond’s time, sadly mapmaking was rather more primitive then, but it’s interesting for those of us who like seeing how the landscape and cityscape have changed.<\/p>\n

But then I started to explore a bit more, as I hadn’t had time to spend on the site for quite a while due to moving into my new house a few months ago. And what I found was this – http:\/\/geo.nls.uk\/ostowns\/<\/a> – it may not look much to begin with but try zooming in. (The controls are slightly counter intuitive – click the symbols above and then <\/em>click the map.) Then zoom in again, and again, and again…<\/p>\n

You can go through various layers of different maps but you can get down to detail such as this<\/p>\n

Map of Linlithgow Palace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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This is Linlithgow Palace and St Michael’s Church from between 1848-72.<\/p>\n

Which immediately gave me an idea. As I’ve mentioned in the past you can’t see the site of the old house that belonged to Archie and Robin because it’s been obliterated by the modern Grangemouth oil refinery and I’ve always meant to go and find an old map which had it marked – I knew it was marked because Dorothy used to have an enlarged copy of an old map on her study wall which I saw on one of my visits. So over I swung to the area and zoomed in again. And the result was<\/p>\n

Berecrofts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Interesting that the spelling is slightly different, Bearcroft rather than Berecrofts, but this must be the place, situated just across the river where Lucia died on the night of Nicholas’ fight with Simon in the salt pans. And this isn’t the final level of detail – zoom in a bit more and the layout of the house becomes visible.<\/p>\n

Berecrofts Detail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I rather think Dorothy would have liked this development. Enjoy exploring!<\/p>\n

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