MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0043178
Shelfmark:
MS.1647.Z.02/75a
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
Plan of the Castle of Blackness
Creator:
Dury, Theodore (active 1670-1742)
Creator Role:
Surveyor
Date:
1690
Description:
According to the 'Board of Ordnance Register of Plans 1700-1800, this plan of Blackness Castle was from Theodore Dury, and the extensive manuscript text on it is in his hand. Unfortunately, the Register does not give a date for it, but was estimated at 1690 by the 1934 War Office records.
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
46.3 x 67.2cm (1' 6 1/4" x 2' 2 7/16")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Hand coloured
Subject Place:
Blackness Castle
Subject Place:
Scotland
Subject Category:
Board of Ordnance
Subject Category:
Maps, Military
Reference:
Tabraham, Chris, Fortress Scotland and the Jacobites, 1995, pp.18, 25, 30-31.
Reference:
Board of Ordnance. Register of Plans 1700-1800, 3rd. Division, North Britain, [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):
83459396
Repro Title:
Plan of the Castle of Blackness [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0043178c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00002938
Repro Capture Date:
11/05/2001 14:46:00

Plan of the Castle of Blackness [1 of 1]

Plan of the Castle of Blackness [1 of 1]