A plan of part of the River Tweed disputed by S[ir] Francis Blake and James Couts Esq. /
Ainslie, John(Surveyor)
cartographic

[1774]
Depicts section of river including the West ford fishery of Couts on the western bank and the Canie fishery of Blake on the eastern bank.
Relief shown by shading and rock drawings.
Dated from a similar plan held by National Archives of Scotland.
Parts of the river shaded in contemporay colour.
Although scale bar read "495 yards" the gradations indicate it should read "440 yards".
Decorative title cartouche.
Plan oriented with north-west to top.
Part of the River Tweed including Mein and Anna islands, showing ringnet fisheries, dam dykes, landings, and ford, with the settlement of Newbigging in the south ; western bank is in the parish of Ladykirk, Berwickshire, with Norham to the east.
Stevenson Collection.
Blake, Francis, Sir.
Couts, James.
Fisheries