[Plan of the battle of Sheriffmuir, fought 13 November 1715]
cartographic

[1719?]
The right hand portion of this map, presumably containing the title and other information, and including some of the positions described in the "Explanation", is missing, and has been missing at least since the 1930's.
This is one of three copies of a map of the battle of Sheriffmuir, fought just outside Dunblane, Perthshire, on 13 November 1715, between the government forces of John Campbell, the 2nd. Duke of Argyll, and the forces of James Francis Stuart, led by John Erskine, Earl of Mar, also known as 'Bobbing John' because of his tendency to switch sides, depending on which was to his best advantage.
It was a fairly indecisive battle, commemorated in a ballad of the time with the words "And we ran, and they ran,  And they ran, and we ran, And we ran, and they ran awa, man."
The other two copies of this map are at shelfmarks MS.1649.Z.03/45b and MS.1649.Z.03/45c.
In bottom left hand corner: in box, "Explanation" describing the lodging of the troops on the previous night, and progress of battle on following day.
To right of "Explanation": in box, scale statement 'Scale of 800 feet to one Inch, 5280 feet being on English Mile', with diagonal scale graded horizontally [0]-100-500-1000-2000-3000-4000-5000-100-200, and vertically [10]-[0-]10-20-40-60-80-100.
In top left hand corner: library shelfmark written in pencil.
At top of map: compass rose with fleur-de-lys pointer orienting top of sheet to east.
In middle of sheet: "B.O" with upwards arrow, stamped in red.
Has watermarks.
Shows Sheriffmuir, Perthshire, Scotland.
Board of Ordnance Plans,
Argyll, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743.
Erskine, John, 1675-1732.
Maps, Military
Battlefields
Sheriffmuir, Battle of, Scotland, 1715
Jacobite Rebellion, 1715