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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Views of Macquarie Island (Australia)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Immovable Culture Heritage,Underwater Cultural Heritage,Tourism]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Views of the an oceanic island in the Southern Ocean, Macquarie Island, recognised as World Heritage by UNESCO]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[worldheritagelayer]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Apeksha]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:license><![CDATA[Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License]]></dcterms:license>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[video/mp4]]></dcterms:format>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Views of Macquarie Island (Australia)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Immovable Culture Heritage,Underwater Cultural Heritage,Tourism]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[isfiveoneonezero,worldheritagelayer]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Apeksha]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:license><![CDATA[Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License]]></dcterms:license>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[video/mp4]]></dcterms:format>
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    <dcterms:spatial><![CDATA[current,54.6208° S,158.8556° E;]]></dcterms:spatial>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://stage.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/299">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Views of Macquarie Island]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Immovable Culture Heritage,Underwater Cultural Heritage,Tourism]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Apeksha]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:license><![CDATA[Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License]]></dcterms:license>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[video/mp4]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Still Image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:spatial><![CDATA[current,-54.6208,158.8556;]]></dcterms:spatial>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://stage.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/278">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Macquarie Island]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Immovable Culture Heritage,Underwater Cultural Heritage,Tourism]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Macquarie Island is a subantarctic island owned by Tasmania, Australia, lying in the Southwestern Pacific Ocean, about halfway between New Zealand and Antarctica. Macquarie is recognised as the only place in the world where rocks from Earth’s mantle are actively exposed above sea level (a result of geologic activity). The island is part of the ocean crust formed in water six kilometres deep at a spreading ridge (known as Macquarie Ridge) in Miocene times, probably 600,000 years ago, and raised to its present height by the pressure of the Indian-Australian plate against the Pacific plate. The island is home to large variety of flora and fauna, with huge congregations of penguins and seals. Astonishingly, the island is the breeding ground for the Royal Penguins, an endemic species. Macquarie Island and its outlying islets are one of the most aesthetically pleasing and geologically unique places in the world.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[worldheritagelayer]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:dateSubmitted><![CDATA[24/04/2021]]></dcterms:dateSubmitted>
    <dcterms:><![CDATA[04/25/2021 05:56:52 am]]></dcterms:>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Apeksha]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[cm x cm x cm]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Site]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[247]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:spatial><![CDATA[current,-54.6208,158.8556;]]></dcterms:spatial>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://stage.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/206">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Virtual Harlem - 1920]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The Virtual Harlem Project is a virtual representation of Harlem, NY as it existed during the 1920s Jazz Age.  Created by Dr Bryan Carter @bcmini

In 2012, the Virtual Harlem Project was ported to Open Sim.  The project is currently housed by us, Open Virtual Worlds @standrewsovw School of Computer Science, University of St. Andrews.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[reconstructions]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:license><![CDATA[In Copyright (InC)]]></dcterms:license>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[image/png]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Reconstruction]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[191]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:spatial><![CDATA[current,40.8116,-73.9465;]]></dcterms:spatial>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://stage.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/198">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Edinburgh - Cowgate c1544]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Intangible Heritage]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Our depiction of Edinburgh and the Canongate was inspired by a drawing in the British Library made by the English military engineer Richard Lee, who accompanied Hertford’s forces in 1544. Lee’s drawing is the earliest moderately realistic picture of Edinburgh and would influence how the English portrayed the Scottish capital into the seventeenth century (a variant of Lee’s illustration is included in John Speed’s atlas, The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain, published c.1611). It is possible that Lee’s plan was created to explain the outcome of the Edinburgh expedition to Henry VIII of England. On 19 May 1544 the Earl of Hertford informed Henry that he was sending him ‘Master Lee, who I assure your Majesty hath served in the journey both honestly and willingly, [and] doth bring unto your Highness a plat of Leith and Edinburgh so as your Majesty shall perceive the situations of the same, which is undoubtedly set forth as well as is possible.’

The project was funded by Innovate UK. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[reconstructions,movablecollections]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2017]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:license><![CDATA[In Copyright (InC)]]></dcterms:license>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[image/png]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Reconstruction]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[182]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:spatial><![CDATA[current,55.94249623,-3.186332588;]]></dcterms:spatial>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://stage.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/182">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Berwickshire Marine Reserve]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The Berwickshire Marine Reserve was established in the 1980s to protect the remarkable coastal waters between Eyemouth and St Abbs Head. This area of the Scottish coastline is home to a remarkable mix of marine life, including grey seals, bottlenose dolphins, and minke whales. Underwater kelp forests are home to many species of fish and extraordinary creature such as sea urchins, starfish, and sea slugs.

To highlight the diversity of underwater habitats the Berwickshire Marine Reserve collaborated with the University of St Andrews’ Open Virtual Worlds team and Smart History on a digital representation of three different marine environments. The team digitally represented a kelp forest, a sandy sea-floor, and a more rocky marine environment. The underwater models were informed by a Seabed Interpretation Project undertaken by the University of St Andrews and Blue Marine Foundation.

Previews of the digital environments can be viewed on YouTube. A fuller virtual reality experience has been created for use at St Abbs Visitor Centre and to demonstrate at schools and community events. The project received funding from the Scottish Borders Local Action Group.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[reconstructions,movablecollections]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2020]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:license><![CDATA[In Copyright (InC)]]></dcterms:license>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[image/png]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Reconstruction]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[177]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:spatial><![CDATA[current,55.87227153286322,-2.0873247170332765;]]></dcterms:spatial>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://stage.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/172">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St Kilda - 1880]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[ We created the very successful 'Virtual St Kilda' exhibit for Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum, North Uist in 2014 and again as an updated exhibit with improved technologies and graphics 10 years later in 2024.


St Kilda was declared by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1986 for its natural heritage, and extended in 2004 to include its surrounding marine environment and in 2005 to recognise its importance as a cultural landscape. St Kilda is one of the few World Heritage Sites to hold mixed status for its natural and cultural qualities.

St Kilda is of Outstanding Universal Value for its exceptional natural beauty and significant habitats. It is unique in the very high bird densities that occur in a relatively small area, linked to its range of complex and varied ecological niches. The complex ecological dynamic in the marine zones is essential to the maintenance of both marine and terrestrial biodiversity. The cultural landscape is an outstanding example of land use resulting from a type of subsistence economy based on the products of birds, agriculture and sheep farming and reflecting age-old traditions. The built structures and field systems, the cleits and the traditional stone houses bear testimony to over two millennia of human occupation in extreme conditions.

The National Trust for Scotland owns the archipelago of St Kilda and manages it, in partnership with Scottish Natural Heritage, Historic Scotland, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council), Ministry of Defense and its agents QinetiQ.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[reconstructions]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013/14]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:license><![CDATA[In Copyright (InC)]]></dcterms:license>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[image/png]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Reconstruction]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[212]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:spatial><![CDATA[current,57.81252048322344,-8.568509817123415;]]></dcterms:spatial>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://stage.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/170">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Fethaland Fishing Station - 1890]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Culture,Intangible Heritage]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Using archaeological survey data and PointCloud scan data, we have created an accurate 3D interactive reconstruction of Fethaland fishing station as it would have looked in 1890, this gives a better understanding of the history of this site and presents data in a fun interactive way.

The site of this old fishing station is being lost to coastal erosion, and the model is a way of preserving this part of our history, before it is lost to the sea.

Fethaland lies within two bays at the northern tip of Northmavine and is the farthest north point of Shetland mainland.

Fethaland, has a long history of human settlement, spanning from prehistoric times right up until the twentieth century, when the fishing station, established during the 15th and 16th centuries, became redundant.

This haaf (deep-sea) fishing station was at one time the busiest in Shetland, with around 60 boats operating from here. The season was short: from June until August. The workers were accommodated in lodges. These huts were drystone with roofs of wood and turf that were removed at the end of each season to protect them from damage by winter storms. The fish were split open and dried on the pebble beach before being exported to market. From the 17th century herring was also brought ashore and salted.

This Virtual Histories Project has been a collaboration between The University of St Andrews, Open Virtual Worlds Group based at School of Computer Science, School of History, and the SCAPE Trust and Shetland Museum & Archive.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[reconstructions]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:license><![CDATA[In Copyright (InC)]]></dcterms:license>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[image/jpeg]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Reconstruction]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[187]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:spatial><![CDATA[current,60.630349,-1.316187;]]></dcterms:spatial>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Helmsdale - 1890]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[During the nineteenth century the village of Helmsdale in Sutherland was one of the largest centres for herring fishing in Scotland. The village and harbour were built around 1818 as part of efforts at economic development by the Sutherland Estate. The new fishing port was intended to provide employment and housing for families who had been forcibly driven out from farms in the Kildonan area during the Highland clearances. 

This reconstruction shows how Helmsdale may have looked in about 1890, when the herring trade was still thriving. Fish was unloaded on the shore and then taken along to the curing yards, where it was processed and packed into barrels for transport to other parts of the United Kingdom and overseas. Herring from Helmsdale was sent as far away as the West Indies – where in the early nineteenth century it formed part of the diet of slaves working on the plantations. The modern Timespan centre is on the site of the nineteenth century curing yard represented in this reconstruction. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[reconstructions]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2020]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:license><![CDATA[In Copyright (InC)]]></dcterms:license>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[image/png]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Reconstruction]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[192]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:spatial><![CDATA[current,58.116733318694514,-3.6542156453925343;]]></dcterms:spatial>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://stage.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/160">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Caen Highland Township - 1813]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Intangible Heritage]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the inhabitants of many small farming communities in the Scottish Highlands were forced to leave their homes. Under the guise of improvement, landlords drove out traditional subsistence farmers and created a much less densely occupied landscape. One of the communities affected by this process of ‘clearance’ was the township of Caen in Sutherland.

Caen was located in the lower part of the Strath of Kildonan. This area was cleared particularly brutally by representatives of the Duke of Sutherland between 1813 and 1819. Several families resisted the clearances, and soldiers were sent from Fort George to maintain order. Today, only a few foundations indicate where a thriving farming community once stood.
]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[reconstructions,movablecollections]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:license><![CDATA[In Copyright (InC)]]></dcterms:license>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[image/jpeg]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Reconstruction]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[179]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:spatial><![CDATA[current,58.13846667047033,-3.670965106477378;]]></dcterms:spatial>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://stage.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/158">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bennachie Colony - 1850]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Intangible Heritage]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[During the early nineteenth century crofters driven out from their original homes settled on common land at Bennachie in Aberdeenshire. They established a community which became known as the Bennachie colony. The inhabitants of the colony undertook work such as quarrying, building dry stone walls, and small-scale farming.

In the mid-nineteenth century more than 50 people lived at Bennachie. However, they were technically regarded as squatters. During the late nineteenth century local landlords made efforts to clear the community. The person to live in the colony was George Esson, who died in 1939.

Researchers from the University of St Andrews’ Open Virtual Worlds team and Smart History worked with the local conservation group the Bailies of Bennachie to represent the appearance of the colony at its height in the mid-nineteenth century. The project also recorded stories about the community. 

A trail app is available to guide visitors around Bennachie, linking the modern landscape with representations of its historic appearance .Using historical research, digital reconstructions, archaeology, stories song and theater, the app reveals the lives of these incredible people for current and future generations to appreciate.  The project was supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[reconstructions,movablecollections]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2017]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:license><![CDATA[In Copyright (InC)]]></dcterms:license>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[image/png]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Reconstruction]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[176]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:spatial><![CDATA[current,57.284722,-2.522222;]]></dcterms:spatial>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://stage.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/154">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Illicit Whisky Still - 1820]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The Illicit Still Experience engages audiences in the area’s unique history in illegal whisky creation and smuggling. The area is now known for famous – and legitimate – distilleries as well as for it’s beautiful and rugged countryside. Using the latest in VR technology, the exhibit aims to immerse visitors into the virtual lost landscape of Ballanloan, a township in the middle of the whisky trade in the 1800’s. The exhibit lets visitors explore in the open world of the virtual environment as well as learn about the whisky making process. It also has a modern tour of locations that can be found today in the landscape. The creation of the interactive was to educate visitors about the history before discovering the landscape in the area for themselves. It also allows entry to locations that may not be easily accessed by all guests to Tomintoul.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[reconstructions]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2018]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:license><![CDATA[In Copyright (InC)]]></dcterms:license>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[image/jpeg]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Reconstruction]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[194]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:spatial><![CDATA[current,57.330278,-3.407222;]]></dcterms:spatial>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://stage.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/152">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Cottown Clay House - 1850]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Culture]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Earth houses have a long history in the British Isles. Today many people still admire the picturesque mudwall or ‘cob’ cottages of Devon and Somerset. However, earth was also a popular building material in parts of Scotland, with mudwall dwellings once being common in Dumfriesshire, Angus, and the Carse of Gowrie (beside the River Tay).

In the Carse of Gowrie local clays were used for building from pre-historic times through to the nineteenth century. Today about forty clay buildings survive in the Carse of Gowrie. The former school house at Cottown is a particularly fine example of the type of clay building that was once common in the Carse.

The Cottown School House was begun in the mid-eighteenth century. However, like many vernacular buildings its form evolved over time. The University of St Andrews’ Open Virtual Worlds team and Smart History collaborated with the Tay Landscape Partnership and Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust on a representation of the buildings at Cottown as they may have appeared in the nineteenth century. 

The Cottown School House is now cared for by the National Trust for Scotland.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[reconstructions]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2016]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:license><![CDATA[In Copyright (InC)]]></dcterms:license>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[image/png]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Reconstruction]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[181]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:spatial><![CDATA[current,56.37969448055998,-3.2812423723176334;]]></dcterms:spatial>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://stage.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/142">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The French Fort at Eyemouth  - 1557]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Culture,Intangible Heritage]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The fort at Eyemouth changed the course of history, and not just that of Scotland, it played a significant role in the relationships between Scotland, England and France. Beginning life as an English fortification, it may have been the first Trace Italienne fort in Britain, reflecting the recent developments in warfare with the introduction of canons and gunpowder, which rendered stone walls very vulnerable. The huge earth banks you can still see today were far more effective at withstanding attack from canons, as they could absorb the impact of the cannon balls. - The SCAPE Trust

In the 1980’s Dr David Caldwell conducted excavations at Eyemouth Fort. With his knowledge and archaeological evidence, along with historical research undertaken in the School of History, we have created a virtual representation of how we believe the fort may have looked in 1557.

The Eyemouth model recreates the English and French fortifications above the town. Constructed during the ‘Rough Wooing’ in the sixteenth century, Eyemouth Fort played a pivotal role in the relationship between Scotland, England and France. All that remains today are the enormous earthworks, and it can be difficult to understand the remains without seeing them from the air.

This reconstruction was part of the Virtual Histories Project for Eyemouth Museum.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[reconstructions,tours]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:license><![CDATA[In Copyright (InC)]]></dcterms:license>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[image/jpeg]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Reconstruction]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[186]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:spatial><![CDATA[current,55.877103,-2.092401;]]></dcterms:spatial>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://stage.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/140">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Edinburgh - A City in Crisis 1544]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Intangible Heritage]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[So what is important about 1544?
In the spring of 1544, the English king Henry VIII ordered a vast army of about fifteen thousand men north to Scotland.1 Acting on instructions from their monarch, the English forces captured and sacked Leith before turning their attention to the burgh of Edinburgh. In a few days of fierce fighting in early May, the English managed to temporarily gain entry to Edinburgh and set fire to sections of the capital. They also sacked the abbey and royal palace at Holyrood, burnt Leith (and tore down the pier in the harbour), and attacked many castles and smaller burghs around Edinburgh and in southern Fife. The English then returned south, part of the forces travelling by sea, and part going by land (where they continued their trail of destruction). 
                                                                           
                             



Our depiction of Edinburgh and the Canongate was inspired by a drawing in the British Library made by the English military engineer Richard Lee, who accompanied Hertford’s forces in 1544. Lee’s drawing is the earliest moderately realistic picture of Edinburgh and would influence how the English portrayed the Scottish capital into the seventeenth century (a variant of Lee’s illustration is included in John Speed’s atlas, The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain, published c.1611). It is possible that Lee’s plan was created to explain the outcome of the Edinburgh expedition to Henry VIII of England. On 19 May 1544 the Earl of Hertford informed Henry that he was sending him ‘Master Lee, who I assure your Majesty hath served in the journey both honestly and willingly, [and] doth bring unto your Highness a plat of Leith and Edinburgh so as your Majesty shall perceive the situations of the same, which is undoubtedly set forth as well as is possible.’

This project was kindly funded by Innovate UK.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[reconstructions]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2017]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:license><![CDATA[In Copyright (InC)]]></dcterms:license>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[image/png]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Reconstruction]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[185]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:spatial><![CDATA[current,55.9533,-3.1883;]]></dcterms:spatial>
</rdf:Description></rdf:RDF>