Woodland Census initiated in 1918
One of a series of maps and drawings found in old ex military map cases stored in the loft of the Fort August Forest office and recovered by Grant Macintosh.
The details of this census are not known so far and any information is most welcome. This could well have been one of the first full national woodland surveys of UK or GB and may have been undertaken by military staff as one map had an army rank after the name.
This particular six inch OS map covers the Glen Roy area and shows some of its famous parallel roads. The actual census data is in the form of a stamp which is over written with a letter (in this case ‘R’) and an area in acres. Surprisingly each area labelled is not delineated but if one looks carefully on the large image there are pencil written descriptions of the tree crop which in many cases is called scrub or birch, hazel, alder scrub or versions of the previous species. There are some red letters possibly Bi to signify Birch and some numbers which all adds to the mystery of how all these areas were described in the enumeration forms. See large image
Any ideas and further information would be very welcome.