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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0043167
Shelfmark:
MS.1647.Z.02/67a
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
A Plan of Fort Augustus with the adjacent lands 1750 [copy]
Creator:
Daubant, Abraham (active 1750-1759)
Creator Role:
Draughtsman
Date:
1750
Description:
This is a plan of the fort at Fort Augustus, with the surrounding countryside, and has been attributed to Abraham Daubant. As well as the details of the fort, it shows the town, other settlements, a mill, cultivated fields and orchards, the roads leading to Glen Morrison, Fort William and Inverness, trees, peat areas and boggy ground, 'Land overflowed when there are great Rains', two fords and a ferry on the River Oich, a wooden bridge and a ford on the River Tarff, and the 'Boundary of the Kings Land'. It also indicates a 'Pier for the Galley', which was used by the fort personnel.
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
72 x 51.6cm (2' 4 3/8" x 1' 8 5/16")
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.
Reference:
'Military Maps of the Eighteenth Century and the Tower of London Drawing Room',Imago Mundi, v. 32, 1980, p.37, no.37.
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):
99299398
Repro Title:
A Plan of Fort Augustus with the adjacent lands 1750 [copy] [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0043167c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00002927
Repro Capture Date:
11/05/2001 09:49:00

A Plan of Fort Augustus with the adjacent lands 1750 [copy] [1 of 1]

A Plan of Fort Augustus with the adjacent lands 1750 [copy] [1 of 1]