Detail View: Charting The Nation: Plan of the fort barrack of Bernera in Glen Elg 1719 [1 of 1]
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Work Record ID:
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0043220
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Shelfmark:
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MS.1647.Z.03/06b
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Holding Institution:
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National Library of Scotland
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Title:
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Plan of the fort barrack of Bernera in Glen Elg 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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Date:
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1719
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Description:
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This is a 1719 map of the area of Glen Elg bay, where the new barracks at Bernera were being built. As well as the land around Bernera and the settlement of Glenelg, it shows Kyle Rhea and part of the Isle of Skye.
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Work Type:
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Manuscript map/plan
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Measurement:
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74.2 x 51.5cm (2' 5 3/16" x 1' 8 1/4")
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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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Glen Elg
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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, 1889, 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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106587126
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Repro Title:
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Plan of the fort barrack of Bernera in Glen Elg 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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0043220c.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00002984
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Repro Capture Date:
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15/05/2001 16:19:00
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