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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0043166
Shelfmark:
MS.1647.Z.02/66c
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
Plan of Fort Augustus [copy] : shewing the repairs and additions done between Iune and September 1747, with the works proposed to be compleated in 1748
Creator:
Skinner, William (b.1700, d.1780)
Creator Role:
Surveyor
Creator:
T. C.
Creator Role:
Draughtsman
Date:
1747
Description:
This sheet is another copy of the plan at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/66a, by someone with the initials 'T.C.', showing William Skinner's repairs and additions to Fort Augustus, as a consequence of its partial destruction by the army of Charles Edward Stuart, just before Culloden, in 1746. The original plan follows Skinner's initial plan at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/65a, (copies at shelfmarks MS.1647.Z.02/65b and MS.1647.Z.02/65c). There is another unsigned copy of this plan at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/66b. There is a sheet of sections at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/70b to accompany the original plan, and a copy of those sections at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/70a.
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
73.7 x 52.6cm (2' 5" x 1' 8 11/16")
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).
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):
101643078
Repro Title:
Plan of Fort Augustus [copy] : shewing the repairs and additions done between Iune and September 1747, with the works proposed to be compleated in 1748 [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0043166c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00002911
Repro Capture Date:
09/05/2001 16:49:00

Plan of Fort Augustus [copy] : shewing the repairs and additions done between Iune and Sep...

Plan of Fort Augustus [copy] : shewing the repairs and additions done between Iune and September 1747, with the works proposed to be compleated in 1748 [1 of 1]