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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0043176
Shelfmark:
MS.1647.Z.02/74a
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
A Design for powder magazine proposed to be built at at Dumbarton : to contain 150 barrels of powder; 1748
Creator:
Skinner, William (b.1700, d.1780)
Creator Role:
Surveyor
Date:
1748
Description:
This is a design for a powder magazine at Dumbarton Castle, by William Skinner, part of the upgrading of all the fortifications in Scotland which started after the battle of Culloden. There is an unsigned and undated copy of this plan at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/74b.
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
51.2 x 34.1cm (1' 8 3/16" x 1' 1 7/16")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Hand coloured
Subject Place:
Dumbarton Castle
Subject Place:
Scotland
Subject Category:
Board of Ordnance
Subject Category:
Maps, Military
Reference:
Tabraham, Chris, Fortress Scotland and the Jacobites, 1995, p.106.
Reference:
Robert Sibbald, 'Atlas Scoticus, or, a Description of Scotland Ancient and Modern' [ca. 1682]., [1800], f.14 (Public Record Office: WO 55/2281).
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):
49338948
Repro Title:
A Design for powder magazine proposed to be built at at Dumbarton : to contain 150 barrels of powder; 1748 [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0043176c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00002936
Repro Capture Date:
11/05/2001 14:17:00

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