Detail View: Charting The Nation: A Plan of Fort George, & part of the town of Inverness : with proper sections relating to the fort anno 1732 [1 of 2]

Work Record ID: 
0043104
Shelfmark: 
MS.1646.Z.02/34a
Holding Institution: 
National Library of Scotland
Title: 
A Plan of Fort George, & part of the town of Inverness : with proper sections relating to the fort anno 1732
Creator: 
Romer, John Lambertus (b.1680, d.1754)
Creator Role: 
Surveyor
Date: 
1732
Description: 
This sheet is in two parts. The left hand part shows a map of the town of Inverness and part of the River Ness, with a plan of Fort George. The right hand part shows elevations and sections of the main entrance to the fort, the chapel and the sally port. It is signed by John Romer. There is a copy at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/34b, which may be contemporary, but may be in a different hand.
Work Type: 
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement: 
109.6 x 51.5cm (3' 7 1/8" x 1' 8 1/4")
Material: 
Paper
Technique: 
Hand coloured
Subject Place: 
Fort George
Subject Place: 
Scotland
Subject Category: 
Board of Ordnance
Subject Category: 
Maps, Military
Reference: 
Tabraham, Chris, Fortress Scotland and the Jacobites,1995, pp.76-78.
Reference: 
Board of Ordnance. Register of Plans 1700-1800, 3rd. Division, North Britain, [1800], f.14 (Public Record Office: WO 55/2281).
Rights Statement: 
© 2002 Crown Copyright is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office and the National Library of Scotland
Repro File Type: 
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes): 
117284022
Repro Notes: 
left half
Repro Title: 
A Plan of Fort George, & part of the town of Inverness : with proper sections relating to the fort anno 1732 [1 of 2]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels): 
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number: 
0043104c.tif
Repro Old ID Number: 
00002770
Repro Capture Date: 
23/04/2001 13:35:00