Eddleston Village Website

On Wednesday 19^th September at 1700 there was a debate at Holyrood Parliament in support of our campaign to save the Great Polish Map of Scotland.  Christine Grahame MSP’s motion is: 

Motion S4M-03061: Christine Grahame, Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 25/05/2012 

That the Parliament recognises the historic significance of The Great Polish Map of Scotland in the village of Eddleston in the Scottish Borders, designed and built as a labour of love by a group of young Polish geographers from the Jagellionian University of Krakow in 1975 at the request of General Maczek, former Polish wartime Commander of the 1st Armoured Division, and the war veteran, Jan Tomasik; notes that this commemorates the vital role of Polish forces in the defence of Scotland in the Second World War and is a token of thanks to the people of Scotland for the hospitality and friendship given to the Polish people not only during the war years but also in the decades that followed; considers that this 50 x 40 metre, three-dimensional outdoor 1:10,000 scale model of Scotland, complete with mountains, landscape, flowing rivers, estuaries, coasts and seas located is a remarkable example of topographic landscape modelling of a complete country, with a design and layout involving pioneering survey and construction techniques with dynamic representation of major river basins using a gravity-driven water supply; further congratulates Mapa Scotland, a voluntary group established to protect and restore this unique three dimensional representation, reminding Scots of the historical heritage linking Poland with Scotland, and considers that this project deserves support. 

Supported by: Kevin Stewart, Gordon MacDonald, Drew Smith, Bill Walker, Jim Hume, Dennis Robertson, Mike MacKenzie, Humza Yousaf, Joan McAlpine, Graeme Pearson, Roderick Campbell, Patricia Ferguson, Jamie McGrigor, Annabelle Ewing 

See also latest update on Mapa's progress attached below

File Attachments:

Minutes of 2nd Mapa Scotland AGM April 15 2012.pdf

Appeal template Mapa Scotland Apr 2012.doc

Mapa Progress to date 7 Nov 12.pdf