2. Dec, 2021
Early Geological Mapping of Scotland.
Over the past couple of days, I have been constructing a long page on early geological maps of Scotland. My interest in the Highlands Controversy has led me to collect a number of such maps, and I thought it worth getting them online. Aspects may be a little frustrating: you need to be able to see the detail to analyse properly a geological map, and some of those I have uploaded are quite large, but I hope they will still be of interest.
I am not a geologist, and I know that all sorts of interesting facts throughout the country can be found in these maps. What little knowledge I have is connected to the Highlands Controversy, and it is that thread that I highlight in my page. I would be glad if people would draw my attention to other interesting features displayed on the maps.
The map at the top of this post is a detail from the Palaeontological Map of the British Isles, a splendidly decorative example full of details supplied by Edward Forbes, and published in A.K. Johnston's Physical Atlas of Natural Phenomena, 1850.