Work Record ID:
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0043156
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Shelfmark:
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MS.1647.Z.02/65b
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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 1747 [copy]
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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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Creator:
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Miller, James (active 1773-1777)
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Creator Role:
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Associated Person
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Date:
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1776
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Description:
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This is a copy of the plan at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/65a, which was done by William Skinner, in 1747. It 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. There is another copy, also done in the Tower of London Drawing Room, in 1776, by James Miller, at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/65c. The original assessment was followed by a plan at MS.1647.Z.02/66a, which has copies at MS.1647.Z.02/66b and MS.1647.Z.02/66c, and a sheet of sections at MS.1647.Z.02/70a, which has a copy at 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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43.9 x 69.1cm (1' 5 5/16" x 2' 3 3/16")
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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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National Library of Scotland, War Office Inventory, Maps Deposited in May 1934, p.7 (Map Library, National Library of Scotland).
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Reference:
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'Military Maps of the Eighteenth Century and the Tower of London Drawing Room',Imago Mundi, v. 32, 1980, p.38, no.97.
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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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95573078
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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 1747 [copy] [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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0043156c.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00002901
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Repro Capture Date:
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09/05/2001 14:24:00
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