Outline of Ramparts as Shown on Petworth Map

Category

Library Item

Item no

36245

Title

Page from Leith Miscellany, volume I, outline of ramparts as shown on Petworth map, superimposed on Naish's Survey of 1709

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1980

Type

Map; Reproduction

The Survey of the Town of Leith made by John Naish in 1709 is the earliest known detailed survey of Leith.

The Petworth map is thought to have been sketched the day after the French surrendered at the siege of Leith on the 6th of June 1560, at a scale of 'eightye paces to ane ynche' (400 feet to an inch). It shows where the siege fortifications were built, and other features of the landscape of Leith at the time. The original is at Petworth House in Sussex, the home of a descendant of the Percy family who were at the siege. A copy is displayed at South Leith Parish Church.

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Outline of ramparts as shown on Petworth map