Detail View: Charting The Nation: Plan of the Barracks of Killiwhymen [Fort Augustus] / and of the Ground about it [1 of 1]

Work Record ID: 
0042514
Shelfmark: 
Acc.10497.58(g)
Holding Institution: 
National Library of Scotland
Title: 
Plan of the Barracks of Killiwhymen [Fort Augustus] / and of the Ground about it
Creator: 
Wade, George (b.1673, d.1748)
Creator Role: 
Associated Person
Creator: 
Mylne, William Chadwell (b.1781, d.1863)
Creator Role: 
Associated Person
Creator: 
Debize, Roger
Creator Role: 
Mapmaker
Date: 
1724-1725
Description: 
A plan of the area of Killywhymen [Fort Augustus] from the Wade collection held by the National Library of Scotland. It was presented to General Wade by the surveyor Roger Debize in 1724. Killywhymen barracks were constructed after the 1715 Jacobite rising at a strategic point midway down the Great Glen, under the supervision of James Smith of the Board of Ordinance. It consisted of two barrack blocks facing each other across a square, with the rear of both forming part of the enclosing wall, and was strengthened by two corner towers. The barracks were later abandoned in favour of a new and stronger fortification, Fort Augustus, built on the peninsula to the right of the fort on the map.
Work Type: 
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement: 
70.7 x 48cm (2' 3 13/16" x 1' 6 7/8")
Material: 
Paper
Technique: 
Hand coloured
Subject Place: 
Fort Augustus
Subject Place: 
Inverness-shire
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): 
101423574
Repro Notes: 
(g)
Repro Title: 
Plan of the Barracks of Killiwhymen [Fort Augustus] / and of the Ground about it [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels): 
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number: 
0042514c.tif
Repro Old ID Number: 
00001154
Repro Capture Date: 
23/08/2000 12:03:00