Maps of the Settlement

This page shows the two essential maps in understanding the Hamilton & Montgomery Settlement of 1606. Please click on the thumbnail graphics to pop-up larger versions of each map.

The Migration and Settlement, circa 1606.
This map shows:
- the proximity of the Ulster and Scottish coastlines
- the lands of Lower Clandeboye, Upper Clandeboye and the Great Ardes
- the locations the settlers came from. (these locations are reproduced from Professor David Hackett Fischer’s Albion’s Seed, Four British Folkways in America, with the author’s personal permission.
- The direction of the migration, through Portpatrick to Donaghadee
- Castles relevant to the story of the Settlement
- Towns in Ulster relevant to the story of the Settlement

The Hamilton & Montgomery Lands, circa 1606.
This map is based on that shown in M Perceval Maxwell, The Scottish Migration to Ulster in the Reign of James 1 (London, 1973)
- Lands acquired by James Hamilton in brown
- Lands acquired by Hugh Montgomery in lilac
- Local council boundaries as of April 2006

Footnote:
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