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This new Special Issue of the Scottish Geographical Journal, vol.127(2), has just been published, and may be of interest to MapHist and lis-maps subscribers. The volume brings together papers presented at the Scottish Maps Forum's "Mapping and Antiquities in Scotland" seminar held in November 2009. Contents: Guest Editors: David Breeze, Chris Fleet, and Jack Stevenson * Chris Fleet, Guest Editorial: Mapping and Antiquities in Scotland * David J. Breeze, The Antonine Wall - The Making of a World Heritage Site, 87-93 * Lawrence Keppie, Early Mapping of the Antonine Wall, 94-107 * Matthew Shelley, Timothy Pont and the Freshwater Loch Settlements of Late Medieval and Early Modern Mainland Scotland, 108-116 * Yolande Hodson, The Lucubrations of his Leisure Hours: William Roy's "Military Antiquities of the Romans in Britain" 1793, 117-132 * John Poulter, The Use of Maps to Help Diagnose the Processes by Which the Romans May Have Planned Their Roads and Walls in Northern Britain, with Particular Reference to the Antonine Wall in Scotland, 133-146 * Rebecca H. Jones & Peter McKeague, Mapping the Antonine Wall, 147-163 Further information: The seminar included research on two map-makers who made particularly important studies of antiquities in Scotland. Matthew Shelley draws from his recent doctoral research to describe the value of early maps, especially by Pont and Blaeu, in understanding loch settlements and island dwellings in Scotland during the early modern period. Yolande Hodson examines William Roy and his mapping of Roman antiquities in Scotland in the latter 18th century. Roy's "Military Antiquities of the Romans in Britain" (1793) remains a classic work on the military conquest of Scotland by the Romans, and a fuller understanding of the drafting of the maps and of their maker allows a better interpretation of them and confirmation of their continuing relevance today. The successful nomination of the Antonine Wall as a World Heritage Site in 2008 provided a major core theme for a number of papers exploring the mapping of the Antonine Wall over time. David Breeze, formerly of Historic Scotland, led the Antonine Wall WHS nomination process, and he describes the background that historical and contemporary mapping played in the process, and its role in bringing together the multiple factors that defined the Site and its buffer zone. John Poulter looks at the early Roman surveying of the Antonine Wall, using modern mapping to suggest how Roman surveyors may have set out the lines of their roads and defensive works across the landscape (including Hadrian's Wall and the Antonine Wall). Lawrence Keppie of the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow, reviews the range of early maps of the Antonine Wall, from those by Matthew Paris in the thirteenth century through the work of Timothy Pont and John Adair, to John Horsley and William Stukeley in the eighteenth century. Peter McKeague and Rebecca Jones of RCAHMS take the story through to the present day, looking at 20th century surveys, fieldwork and mapping (including the RCAHMS' mapping for the WHS nomination, and the major new map of the Antonine Wall published by RCAHMS in 2008). This Special Issue of the SGJ (as well as individual papers) can be obtained from the publishers ( http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rsgj20/127/2 ). The volume is also available at a special rate of £15 to Cairt subscribers - please contact [email protected] for further info. Chris Fleet Senior Map Curator National Library of Scotland 159 Causewayside EDINBURGH EH9 1PH United Kingdom. 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