MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0043927
Shelfmark:
RHP35201
Holding Institution:
National Archives of Scotland
Title:
[Sketch plans of unidentified fortifications; Nos. 1-5]
Creator:
Anonymous
Creator Role:
Mapmaker
Date:
1700-1799
Description:
This set of five plans of fortifications seem to be from a much larger collection. Their provenance is unknown, as is their date, their creator, their purpose and their locality. They have been drawn in pencil, so that the three of them which are uncoloured are somewhat faded. The only words on them are French, 'toise' being a French linear measurement equivalent to 6.395 feet, and 'Tab.' referring to 'table' or 'diagram/plan'. No. 3, which is pencil only and has no scale, appears to show a fortification on a hill, on a river loop, with defence in the river. Nos. 1 and 2, which are also pencil drawings, have scale bars graded 0-200 'toises', and show embattlement fortifications. Nos. 4 and 5, which have been coloured, are on a smaller scale of 0-20 'toises', and show sections and plans of a smaller fortification in a ditch.
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
25 x 38.5cm (9 13/16" x 1' 3 3/16")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Pencil
Subject Place:
Scotland
Subject Category:
Fortification
Subject Category:
Maps, Military
Rights Statement:
Courtesy of the Keeper of the Records of Scotland
Repro File Type:
Derivative JPEG
Repro File Size (bytes):
89058048
Repro Notes:
#2
Repro Title:
[Sketch plans of unidentified fortifications; Nos. 1-5] [2 of 5]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0043927c-0001.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00002197
Repro Description:
No. 2 Table XLV [45] Dimensions 385 x 250mm. Scale bar graded 0-50-100-200 'Toises' [1 toise = 6.395 feet]
Repro Capture Date:
12/02/2001 09:42:00

[Sketch plans of unidentified fortifications; Nos. 1-5] [2 of 5]

[Sketch plans of unidentified fortifications; Nos. 1-5] [2 of 5]