Detail View: Charting The Nation: A Plan of Fort Augustus in its present state with a designd fossee & cover'd way [1 of 1]
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Work Record ID:
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0043155
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Shelfmark:
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MS.1647.Z.02/65a
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Holding Institution:
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National Library of Scotland
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Title:
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A Plan of Fort Augustus in its present state with a designd fossee & cover'd way
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Creator:
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Skinner, William (b.1700, d.1780)
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Creator Role:
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Surveyor
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Date:
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1747
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Description:
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This sheet has three sections. The top part contains a plan of Fort Augustus showing the extent of the damage after the attack by the army of Charles Edward Stuart, in 1746, the middle part contains a profile of a proposed defensive fosse, and the bottom part contains the title and 'Explanation. It is William Skinner's initial assessment of the damage to Fort Augustus, and is followed by a plan at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/66a (copies at shelfmarks MS.1647.Z.02/66b and MS.1647.Z.02/66c), and a sheet of sections at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/70a (copy at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/70b), which detail his repairs.
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Work Type:
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Manuscript map/plan
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Measurement:
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44.7 x 69.3cm (1' 5 5/8" x 2' 3 5/16")
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Material:
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Paper
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Technique:
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Hand coloured
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Subject Place:
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Fort Augustus
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Subject Place:
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Scotland
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Subject Category:
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Board of Ordnance
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Subject Category:
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Maps, Military
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Reference:
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Board of Ordnance. Register of Plans 1700-1800, 3rd. Division, North Britain, [1800], f.16 (Public Record Office: WO 55/2281).
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Rights Statement:
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© 2002 Crown Copyright is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office and the National Library of Scotland
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Repro File Type:
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Cropped Tiff
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Repro File Size (bytes):
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81596888
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Repro Title:
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A Plan of Fort Augustus in its present state with a designd fossee & cover'd way [1 of 1]
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Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
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7072 x 7072
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Repro ID Number:
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0043155c.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00002884
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Repro Capture Date:
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08/05/2001 11:49:00
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