The presence of Scotland on the medieval map has remained largely unstudied, yet its historic contested existence within the British Isles makes it an ideal subject of analysis in determining the role early maps play in expressions of the nation. This essay offers a survey of medieval English cartographic depictions of Scotland which demonstrates that, rather than attempting to accurately delineate Scotland’s geographic shape, medieval cartographers imaginatively distort the British Isles to reflect imperial ambitions instead of national realities in a way that aligns the genre of the map with a number of imaginative contemporary literary genres including romance, prophecy, and utopia.