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Charting The Nation
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0042417
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Shelfmark:
RHP35771
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Holding Institution:
National Archives of Scotland
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National Archives of Scotland
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Title:
Powder magazine.
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Powder magazine.
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Creator:
Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Date:
1739-1741
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1739-1741
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Description:
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.
work_description
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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Manuscript map/plan
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37.5 x 30cm (1' 2 3/4" x 11 13/16")
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37.5 x 30cm (1' 2 3/4" x 11 13/16")
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Paper
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Technique:
Hand coloured
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Subject Place:
Edinburgh
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Edinburgh
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Subject Place:
Edinburgh Castle
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Edinburgh Castle
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Subject Place:
Scotland
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Scotland
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Board of Ordnance
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Board of Ordnance
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Subject Category:
Castles
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Castles
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Subject Category:
Powder magazines
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Powder magazines
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Rights Statement:
Courtesy of the Keeper of the Records of Scotland
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Courtesy of the Keeper of the Records of Scotland
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00001718
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Repro Description:
Scanned within archival polyester envelope
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Scanned within archival polyester envelope
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Repro Capture Date:
04/12/2000 11:04:00
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04/12/2000 11:04:00
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