Debatable Lands - Map

Below are two excerpts at different zoom levels from a map from c. 1590 showing the Debatable Lands. To view the complete map click on the thumbnail image at the bottom of this page.

Map from c. 1590 showing the Debatable Land, taken from a late nineteenth-century facsimile in the National Library of Scotland, MS 6113, of a manuscript in the British Library, Royal MS 18.D.III, f. 76.

The estuary shown here is the Solway Firth (Soulua sands) and the 'Debatable Lande' is visible to the north of it.

Note: To view a large scale version of the map, first click the thumbnail image above. The map will then appear in a new browser window. However, if you are using a modern version of Internet Explorer the map will be automatically resized to fit the new browser window. If this occurs, move the cursor to the edge of the screen and return it to hover over the map. After a couple of seconds a square button should appear in the bottom-right corner of the image. Click this button to view a magnified full-size version of the map. You will need to use the scroll bars to view different parts of the map.