Detail View: Charting The Nation: Barnera [i.e. Bernera] [1719] [1 of 1]
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Work Record ID:
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0043216
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Shelfmark:
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MS.1647.Z.03/05a
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Holding Institution:
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National Library of Scotland
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Title:
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Barnera [i.e. Bernera] [1719]
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Creator:
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Bastide, John Henri (active 1718-1759)
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Creator Role:
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Surveyor
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Creator:
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Smith, James (active 1649-1720)
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Creator Role:
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Associated Person
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Date:
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1719
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Description:
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This sheet shows a plan of the Bernera barracks in process of being built at Glen Elg, with sections and elevations of the three storey high barracks. Although there is no signature or date on the plan, the 'Board of Ordnance Register of Plans 1700-1800' lists it as being from 'Mr. Bastide', in 1719. The original plans for the four Highland barrack forts, Bernera, Kiliwhimen, Inversnaid and Ruthven, were drawn up in 1717 by James Smith, who was the royal chief surveyor. Bernera and Ruthven, were beset by financial and administrative problems, as can be seen from the 'Explanation' on this plan, as one of the guard houses, the bakehouse and two of the towers are 'left to be built if the money answers'. There is a copy of this plan at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.03/05b, which was done in the Tower of London Drawing Room, in January 1763, by Francis Gould. There are two very similar contemporary plans by Jelfe, with whom Bastide was working, at shelfmarks MS.1647.Z.03/05c and MS.1647.Z.03/06a. The overall view of Glen Elg, drawn by Bastide, at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.03/07a, was partly based on a survey by Jelfe.
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Work Type:
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Manuscript map/plan
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Measurement:
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70.7 x 47.8cm (2' 3 13/16" x 1' 6 13/16")
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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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Bernera Barracks
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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, pp.60-65.
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Reference:
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Board of Ordnance, Register of Plans 1700-1800, 3rd. Division, North Britain, [1800], f.15 (Public Record Office: WO 55/2281).
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Reference:
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Porter, Whitworth, History of the Corps of Royal Engineers, v.1, pp.156-188 passim.
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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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100446086
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Repro Title:
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Barnera [i.e. Bernera] [1719] [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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0043216c.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00002981
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Repro Capture Date:
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15/05/2001 15:33:00
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