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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0043190
Shelfmark:
MS.1647.Z.02/79b
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
Elevation of the main gate or entrance on the rampart to the fortress [proposed Fort George on Oliver's Fort site, Inverness] [1746]
Creator:
Marcell, Lewis (active 1746)
Creator Role:
Surveyor
Date:
1746
Description:
This sheet of sections accompanies Lewis Marcell's plan at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/83a, for a fort to replace the Fort George which had been on the Inverness Castle site, and was destroyed by the army of Prince Charles Edward Stuart in 1746, just before Culloden. There are 9 other sheets of sections and elevations at shelfmarks MS.1647.Z.02/79c, MS.1647.Z.02/80a, MS.1647.Z.02/80b, MS.1647.Z.02/81a, MS.1647.Z.02/81b, MS.1647.Z.02/81c, MS.1647.Z.02/81d, MS.1647.Z.02/81e and MS.1647.Z.02/83b.
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
26.9 x 41cm (10 9/16" x 1' 4 1/8")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Hand coloured
Subject Place:
Fort George
Subject Place:
Scotland
Subject Category:
Board of Ordnance
Subject Category:
Maps, Military
Reference:
Tabraham, Chris, Fortress Scotland and the Jacobites, 1995, pp. 92-94.
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):
39113574
Repro Title:
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Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
4384 x 5040
Repro ID Number:
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Repro Old ID Number:
00002955
Repro Capture Date:
14/05/2001 14:37:00

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