Detail View: Charting The Nation: A Plan of Fort Augustus with the adjacent lands 1750 [copy] [1 of 1]
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Work Record ID:
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0043167
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Shelfmark:
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MS.1647.Z.02/67a
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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 with the adjacent lands 1750 [copy]
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Creator:
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Daubant, Abraham (active 1750-1759)
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Creator Role:
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Draughtsman
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Date:
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1750
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Description:
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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.
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Work Type:
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Manuscript map/plan
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Measurement:
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72 x 51.6cm (2' 4 3/8" x 1' 8 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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National Library of Scotland, War Office Inventory, Maps Deposited in May 1934, p.7.
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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.37, no.37.
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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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99299398
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Repro Title:
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A Plan of Fort Augustus with the adjacent lands 1750 [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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0043167c.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00002927
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Repro Capture Date:
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11/05/2001 09:49:00
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