Surveying instruments came on the scene comparatively late on in Scotland’s history; thanks in part to a fairly stormy relationship with her larger island neighbour, a continuous indigenous instrument trade in instruments generally did not begin to flourish until the end of the eighteenth century. This paper will look at how the landscape was assessed – mainly for taxation purposes – after the 1745 Rebellion, and examine some surviving pieces to see if the engraved name reflects merely the point-of-sale, or perhaps a point of origin over the hills and far, far away ...