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    If vintage maps appeal, Bartholomew's New Reduced Survey at half-inch to the mile for cyclists and tourists are superb.
    Scotland is devided up into a series of 29 sheets, and are available as paper mounted on cloth - and the detail is excellent.

    These date from about 100 years ago, and versions remained in print until fairly recently. The pre-war issue show all kinds of things that no longer exist - the now-gone railways, steamer routes, etc - are coloured to show contours, and are a reasonable size to frame and hang on the wall.

    The Ordnance Survey Quarter Inch fifth series from the 1970s are larger sheets, and show greater area, and are equally decorative. Sheet 5 of the Eastern Highlands covers an area from the Firth of Tay to the Cromarty Firth, and from Fort Augustus to the east coast, so includes the Grampians, Speyside, Royal Deeside, etc. Eight maps in this series covers the whole of Scotland and the Islands.

    For the most up-to-date maps for motoring or walking, any of the current Road Map, Landranger or Explorer series of increasing scale are the best you can get. You can use the OS website to customise maps in various ways - https://shop.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/maps/ - including placing a significant site (your own home, for example) at the centre of the map you have printed.

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