This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QBC.2ACI/2870.2 Message Board Post: Those lines that make up that circular arrangement indicate a hill. All the ////// lines around there also indicate hilly territory. I suspect that you have a map drawn during the Civil War by a Union cartographer (map maker). A compass rose would be clearly labeled with N, E, W, S points indicated, and the N line many times was longer than the others.