We’re going into the museum archives for today’s
#objectoftheweek. This map from around 1766 shows part of the Armadale estate before the castle was built. In this detail you can clearly see the square of the ‘quarter garden’ - now the back lawn. The map is one of five created by surveyor Matthew Stobie, who was commissioned by Sir James Macdonald to map the whole of his Skye estate in the 1760s. You’ll see this map and other items from our archives in our garden history tour – launching on Facebook 5pm BST tomorrow!
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