Detail View: Charting The Nation: A Design for powder magazine proposed to be built at at Dumbarton : to contain 150 barrels of powder; 1748 [1 of 1]
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Work Record ID:
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0043176
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Shelfmark:
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MS.1647.Z.02/74a
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Holding Institution:
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National Library of Scotland
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Title:
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A Design for powder magazine proposed to be built at at Dumbarton : to contain 150 barrels of powder; 1748
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Creator:
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Skinner, William (b.1700, d.1780)
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Creator Role:
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Surveyor
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Date:
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1748
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Description:
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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.
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Work Type:
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Manuscript map/plan
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Measurement:
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51.2 x 34.1cm (1' 8 3/16" x 1' 1 7/16")
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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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Dumbarton Castle
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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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Tabraham, Chris, Fortress Scotland and the Jacobites, 1995, p.106.
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Reference:
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Robert Sibbald, 'Atlas Scoticus, or, a Description of Scotland Ancient and Modern' [ca. 1682]., [1800], f.14 (Public Record Office: WO 55/2281).
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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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49338948
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Repro Title:
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A Design for powder magazine proposed to be built at at Dumbarton : to contain 150 barrels of powder; 1748 [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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0043176c.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00002936
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Repro Capture Date:
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11/05/2001 14:17:00
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