Detail View: Charting The Nation: A Plan of Killiwhunan where Fort Augustus is Situated. [1 of 1]

Work Record ID: 
0042454
Shelfmark: 
Acc.10497.58(h)
Holding Institution: 
National Library of Scotland
Title: 
A Plan of Killiwhunan where Fort Augustus is Situated.
Creator: 
Mylne, William Chadwell (b.1781, d.1863)
Creator Role: 
Associated Person
Creator: 
Romer, John Lambertus (b.1680, d.1754)
Creator Role: 
Mapmaker
Creator: 
Wade, George (b.1673, d.1748)
Creator Role: 
Associated Person
Date: 
1729
Description: 
This map shows the plans for Fort Augustus and is dated 1729, the year construction began. The map is signed by the fort's architect, Captain John Romer, who was engineer to the Board of Ordinance. Fort Augustus is considered Romer's greatest work in Scotland. It can be seen to consist of four large and very strong stone bastions, linked by walls. The immediate area around the installation in also shown in some detail, including the mouth of the river Tarff (Tarfee), and the surrounding hills and escarpments. In 1746, the fort garrison of three companies of Guage's regiment were forced to surrender to Jacobite troops, after a powder magazine in the north-west bastion (6) had exploded during a short siege.
Work Type: 
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement: 
44.8 x 35cm (1' 5 5/8" x 1' 1 3/4")
Material: 
Paper
Technique: 
Hand coloured
Subject Place: 
Fort Augustus
Subject Place: 
Inverness-shire
Subject Place: 
Loch Ness
Subject Place: 
Scotland
Subject Category: 
Fortification
Subject Category: 
Maps, Military
Rights Statement: 
© 2002 The National Library of Scotland
Repro File Type: 
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes): 
90341438
Repro Notes: 
10, top map
Repro Title: 
A Plan of Killiwhunan where Fort Augustus is Situated. [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels): 
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number: 
0042454c.tif
Repro Old ID Number: 
00001155
Repro Capture Date: 
23/08/2000 12:03:00