Detail View: Charting The Nation: A Plan of an ancient piece of fortification near Perth, lately repair'd by the rebels [1 of 1]

Work Record ID: 
0043209
Shelfmark: 
MS.1647.Z.03/01c
Holding Institution: 
National Library of Scotland
Title: 
A Plan of an ancient piece of fortification near Perth, lately repair'd by the rebels
Creator: 
Jones, Jasper Leigh (active 1746)
Creator Role: 
Surveyor
Date: 
1746
Description: 
This sheet shows the seventeenth Cromwellian citadel at Perth, (at the time of the building of the citadel, Perth was called St. Johnston's), shortly after it had been pressed into use by the armies of Prince Charles Edward Stuart. It was drawn by a government army surveyor in February 1746, at which time the Jacobites armies were retreating towards Culloden. Lieutenant Jasper Leigh Jones also drew a map of the Battle of Culloden (at shelfmark MS.1648.Z.03/30b).
Work Type: 
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement: 
23 x 16.5cm (9 1/16 x 6 1/2")
Material: 
Paper
Technique: 
Hand coloured
Subject Place: 
Perth
Subject Place: 
Scotland
Subject Place: 
St Johnston's Citadel
Subject Category: 
Board of Ordnance
Subject Category: 
Maps, Military
Reference: 
Tabraham, Chris, Fortress Scotland and the Jacobites, 1995, pp.17, 21, 54-55, 119.
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): 
32500230
Repro Title: 
A Plan of an ancient piece of fortification near Perth, lately repair'd by the rebels [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels): 
4976 x 7072
Repro ID Number: 
0043209c.tif
Repro Old ID Number: 
00002975
Repro Capture Date: 
15/05/2001 14:08:00