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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0043157
Shelfmark:
MS.1647.Z.02/65c
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
A Plan of Fort Augustus in its present state with a designd fossee & cover'd way 1747 [copy]
Creator:
Skinner, William (b.1700, d.1780)
Creator Role:
Surveyor
Creator:
Miller, James (active 1773-1777)
Creator Role:
Draughtsman
Date:
1776
Description:
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.
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
44.3 x 69.2cm (1' 5 7/16" x 2' 3 1/4")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Hand coloured
Subject Place:
Fort Augustus
Subject Place:
Scotland
Subject Category:
Board of Ordnance
Subject Category:
Maps, Military
Reference:
National Library of Scotland, War Office Inventory, Maps Deposited in May 1934, p.7 (Map Library, National Library of Scotland).
Reference:
Marshall, Douglas W., 'Military Maps of the Eighteenth Century and the Tower of London Drawing Room',Mundi, v. 32, 1980, p.38, no.97.
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):
95684798
Repro Title:
A Plan of Fort Augustus in its present state with a designd fossee & cover'd way 1747 [copy] [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0043157c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00002902
Repro Capture Date:
08/05/2001 14:38:00

A Plan of Fort Augustus in its present state with a designd fossee & cover'd way 1747 [cop...

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