OpenHistoricalMap/Projects/Scottish Boundaries

This is a project working towards mapping Scotland's boundaries prior to the most recent local government reform: old counties, parishes, burghs, even medieval historical units where possible.

Currently I am focusing on Angus, Kincardineshire and Aberdeen city and I hope other people will be able to take up areas of the country that they have an interest in.

I have proposed a system of administrative levels for each period of local government:

Scottish historical admin_level=* values

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
pre-14th century	Other kingdoms under Scottish control, e.g. Strathclyde	Mormaerdoms	Thanedoms/thanages	Burghs (from 1124)	Parishes	N/A	N/A
14th century-1707	Autonomous earldoms/lordships, e.g. Lordship of the Isles (til 1493), Earldom of Orkney	Shires	N/A	Burghs	Parishes	N/A	N/A
1707-1930	Scotland	Shires, and counties of cities (from 1889)	Shire subdivisions, e.g. wards of Lanarkshire (til 1889)	Burghs	Parishes	N/A	Subdivisions of cities, e.g. Edinburgh parishes
1930-1975	Scotland	Shires/counties, and counties of cities	Large burghs	Small burghs	Landward districts (technically same level as burghs, but have less powers)	N/A	N/A
1975-1996	Scotland	N/A	Regions and unitary authorities	N/A	Districts	N/A	Community councils
1996-present	Scotland	N/A	Council areas	N/A	N/A	N/A	Community councils