Dublin Harbour
The red dots on the black line are railway stations. A blue star is a police station. What do you think the flag stands for? What does the red bird stand for? Can you find Schools in Raheny?
Dublin Harbour
Dublin Harbour
The red dots on the black line are railway stations. A blue star is a police station. What do you think the flag stands for? What does the red bird stand for? Can you find Schools in Raheny?
The red dots on the black line are railway stations.
A blue star is a police station.
- What do you think the red flags stand for?
- What does the red bird stand for?
- Can you find any schools in Raheny?
Raheny Map: Understanding Map Symbols
Click on the map image to get a closer look.
Make a map key
Raheny Map
What symbols do maps use to show information? Colours are used as well as lines and dots. Most maps have a key which explains these symbols. Another name for a map key is a map legend.
Courtesy of the Ordnance Survey IrelandRaheny Map
Courtesy of the Ordnance Survey Ireland
Courtesy of the Ordnance Survey Ireland
Raheny Map
What symbols do maps use to show information? Colours are used as well as lines and dots. Most maps have a key which explains these symbols. Another name for a map key is a map legend.
Courtesy of the Ordnance Survey IrelandWhat symbols do maps use to show information?
Colours are used as well as lines and dots.
Colour is used on maps as a symbol for different things. Blue is usually for rivers, lakes or the sea and green is used for parks or green spaces.
Most maps have a key which explains these symbols.
Another name for a map key is a map legend.
In your copy book write the following list of place names as they are shown below, then look at the map of Raheny and put the colour or symbol beside each name on your list.
You will then have made a Map Key.