Maps added to National Library of Scotland online collection

The NLS continues to be highly productive with three collections added in October.

German naval charts of British waters, 1938-1945
21 German naval charts of Scottish and British waters, produced by the Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine in Berlin. Most were published during the Second World War, with a few earlier examples. 

Sutherland estate mapping, 1770s-1920s
A further 580 maps online, relating to Sutherland Estates. These include 524 estate maps, 40 county maps, and 22 coastal charts. These maps were made to support all aspects of estate management, including agricultural improvement, the clearance of inland farms and the expansion of sheep runs, the creation of new villages, harbours, mines and industries on the eastern coast, as well as new roads, railways, lighthouses, and fisheries. Later maps show the creation of crofting lands, the expansion of shooting forests, and the sale of land. 

More DAMP estate maps of south-west Scotland, 1770s-1940s
From the Dumfries Archival Mapping Project, 120 estate plans, held in private hands and archives. These include three volumes of estate plans, relating to Caerlaverock in Dumfries-shire (1775-76), Earlstoun in Kirkcudbrightshire and Dumfries-shire (1800-1815), and Dunskey in Wigtownshire (1804). The maps were surveyed primarily to support agricultural improvement and estate management, as well as for the sale of landed estates, and show excellent detail of the rural landscape.

Find links to these and earlier additions at https://maps.nls.uk/additions.html