Detail View: Charting The Nation: Plan of the point of land at Arderseer [i.e. Ardersier] : with the design'd fort as trac'd thereon [copy] [1 of 2]

Work Record ID: 
0043143
Shelfmark: 
MS.1647.Z.02/57b
Holding Institution: 
National Library of Scotland
Title: 
Plan of the point of land at Arderseer [i.e. Ardersier] : with the design'd fort as trac'd thereon [copy]
Creator: 
Skinner, William (b.1700, d.1780)
Creator Role: 
Surveyor
Creator: 
Heath, Joseph (active 1750-1759)
Creator Role: 
Draughtsman
Date: 
1749
Description: 
This and the plans at shelfmarks MS.1647.Z.02/57a and MS.1647.Z.02/57c are all probably copies of a missing original, which appears to have been William Skinner's design for Fort George, Ardersier, before anything was actually built. The 'Board of Ordnance Register of Plans 1700-1800' only lists 6 copies and no original, dates them to 1749 and gives the draughtsman as 'Mr. Heath'. Joseph Heath was a draughtsman in the Tower of London Drawing Room from 1750 to 1759.
Work Type: 
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement: 
87.9 x 43cm (2' 10 5/8" x 1' 4 15/16")
Material: 
Paper
Technique: 
Hand coloured
Subject Place: 
Fort George
Subject Place: 
Scotland
Subject Category: 
Board of Ordnance
Subject Category: 
Maps, Military
Reference: 
Board of Ordnance. Register of Plans 1700-1800, 3rd. Division, North Britain, [1800], f.16 (Public Record Office: WO 55/2281)
Reference: 
'Military Maps of the Eighteenth Century and the Tower of London Drawing Room',Imago Mundi, 32 (1980) p.37, no.26.
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): 
121477330
Repro Notes: 
left half
Repro Title: 
Plan of the point of land at Arderseer [i.e. Ardersier] : with the design'd fort as trac'd thereon [copy] [1 of 2]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels): 
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number: 
0043143c.tif
Repro Old ID Number: 
00002868
Repro Capture Date: 
04/05/2001 12:49:00