Detail View: Charting The Nation: Powder magazine. [1 of 1]
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Work Record ID:
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0042417
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Shelfmark:
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RHP35771
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Holding Institution:
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National Archives of Scotland
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Title:
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Powder magazine.
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Creator:
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Anonymous
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Date:
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1739-1741
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Description:
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This manuscript plan, drawn in about 1740 by a Board of Ordnance draughtsman, shows the powder magazine at the western end of the Edinburgh Castle defences. The store which was demolished in 1748 is shown on John Slezer's plan of the castle drawn in 1671. This was a two-storied building with the gunpowder stored below ground and an upper room. The outer wall would have reduced blast in case of an accident. From about 1730, a 'train shed' to hold artillery was built beside the powder magazine. Field guns were first used in Scotland in the fifteenth century, becoming a major element to be considered in military architecture from the sixteenth century onwards.
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Work Type:
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Manuscript map/plan
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Measurement:
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37.5 x 30cm (1' 2 3/4" x 11 13/16")
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Material:
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Paper
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Technique:
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Hand coloured
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Subject Place:
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Edinburgh
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Subject Place:
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Edinburgh Castle
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Subject Place:
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Scotland
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Subject Category:
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Board of Ordnance
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Subject Category:
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Castles
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Subject Category:
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Powder magazines
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Rights Statement:
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Courtesy of the Keeper of the Records of Scotland
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Repro File Type:
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Cropped Tiff
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Repro File Size (bytes):
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86676018
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Repro Title:
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Powder magazine. [1 of 1]
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Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
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7072 x 7072
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Repro ID Number:
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0042417c.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00001718
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Repro Description:
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Scanned within archival polyester envelope
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Repro Capture Date:
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04/12/2000 11:04:00
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