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Subject Place
[Fort Augustus, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
This is a copy of the plan at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/65a, which was done by William Skinner, in 1747. It has three sections. The top part contains a plan of Fort Augustus, showing the extent of the damage after the attack by the army of Charles Edward Stuart, in 1746, the middle part contains a profile of a proposed defensive fosse, and the bottom part contains the title and 'Explanation.
Work Record ID
0043157
Subject Place
[Fort George, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
This plan shows the state of the work at Fort George, Ardersier, by 30 September 1756. While William Skinner was the chief engineer for this whole project, the provenance of this particular unsigned sheet remains uncertain.
Work Record ID
0043133
Subject Place
[Fort George, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
This is a plan detailing the progress of the building work at Fort George, Ardersier, by 1752, signed by William Skinner. It is accompanied by five sheets of sections, of which 'No. 2' is at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/47b, 'No. 3' at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/47a, 'No. 4' at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/46b, 'No. 5' at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/46a, and an un-numbered sheet relating to lines 9.10, 11.12 and 13.14 at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/45c (with a copy at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/45d). There is a copy of the plan at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/45b.
Work Record ID
0043125
Subject Place
[Fort George, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
This is a copy of the plan at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/45a, detailing the progress of the building work at Fort George, Ardersier, by 1752.
Work Record ID
0043126
Subject Place
[Fort George, Inverness-shire, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
This is a plan of Fort George, Ardersier, produced in 1753 to show how far building works had progressed. It is accompanied by the sheet of sections at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/48c. There is also an unfinished copy at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/48b, which has no indication of when it was produced, and no signature.
Work Record ID
0043424
Subject Place
[Fort George, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
This sheet is an unfinished copy of the plan at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/48a, detailing the progress of work on Fort George, Ardersier by 1753. It is unsigned and has no date other than in the title. The original plan is accompanied by the sheet of sections at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/48c.
Work Record ID
0043129
Subject Place
[Fort George, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
This sheet is one of two copies of an apparently missing original, the copies probably being done in the Tower of London Drawing Room, this one by William Rogerson, in 1808. The other copy, at shelfmark MS.16467.Z.02/59c, is a joint effort by David Robinson, who was on the Drawing Room register from 1796 to 1801, and 'C. Basset'. The plan apparently shows the completed Fort George, Ardersier, with full details of both the military defence features and the domestic buildings. It also shows details of high and low water marks. The chief engineer for the building of Fort George at Ardersier Point was William Skinner.
Work Record ID
0043146
Subject Place
[Fort George, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
This sheet is one of two copies of an apparently missing original, both copies probably being done in the Tower of London Drawing Room, at the beginning of the nineteenth century. This copy was probably a joint effort by David Robinson, who was on the Drawing Room register from 1796 to 1801, and 'C. Basset', who has not yet been identified. The other copy, by William Rogerson, is at shelfmark MS.16467.Z.02/59a. The plan apparently shows the completed Fort George, Ardersier, with full details of both the military defence features and the domestic buildings. It also shows details of high and low water marks. The chief engineer for the building of Fort George at Ardersier Point was William Skinner.
Work Record ID
0043148
Subject Place
[Fort George, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
The sheet is the copy of the plan for the new Fort George at Ardersier Point, at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/39a. That plan was attributed to William Skinner, although neither he nor Charles Tarrant, his usual surveying partner and draughtsman, signed it. Certainly the actual design is Skinner's. When, where and by whom this copy, or indeed the plan at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/39a were actually drawn, is not certain.
Work Record ID
0043112
Subject Place
[Fort George, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
This and the plans at shelfmarks MS.1647.Z.02/57b and MS.1647.Z.02/57c are all probably copies of a missing original, which appears to have been William Skinner's initial design for Fort George, Ardersier, before anything was actually built. The 'Board of Ordnance Register of Plans 1700-1800' only lists 6 copies and no original, dates them to 1749 and gives the draughtsman as 'Mr. Heath'. Joseph Heath was a draughtsman in the Tower of London Drawing Room from 1750 to 1759.
Work Record ID
0043142
Subject Place
[Fort George, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
This and the plans at shelfmarks MS.1647.Z.02/57b and MS.1647.Z.02/57c are all probably copies of a missing original, which appears to have been William Skinner's initial design for Fort George, Ardersier, before anything was actually built. The 'Board of Ordnance Register of Plans 1700-1800' only lists 6 copies and no original, dates them to 1749 and gives the draughtsman as 'Mr. Heath'. Joseph Heath was a draughtsman in the Tower of London Drawing Room from 1750 to 1759.
Work Record ID
0043142
Subject Place
[Fort George, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
This and the plans at shelfmarks MS.1647.Z.02/57a and MS.1647.Z.02/57b are all probably copies of a missing original, which appears to have been William Skinner's design for Fort George, Ardersier, before anything was actually built. The 'Board of Ordnance Register of Plans 1700-1800' only lists 6 copies and no original, dates them to 1749 and gives the draughtsman as 'Mr. Heath'. Joseph Heath was a draughtsman in the Tower of London Drawing Room from 1750 to 1759. The original Fort George was founded on a site at Inverness Castle in August 1727, but was almost entirely destroyed by mines laid by the army of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, in 1746, on their return north, just before Culloden. As a result of the destruction, the decision was taken not to attempt to repair that site, but to build a completely new Fort George. The initial proposals by Lewis Marcell (see plan at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/83a, and associated sections) and William Skinner were for the site of the old Cromwellian fort, known as Oliver's Fort (see Louis Petit's map at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/78a), but eventually Skinner's second proposals for the site at Ardersier Point were accepted.
Work Record ID
0043144
Subject Place
[Fort George, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
This and the plans at shelfmarks MS.1647.Z.02/57a and MS.1647.Z.02/57b are all probably copies of a missing original, which appears to have been William Skinner's design for Fort George, Ardersier, before anything was actually built. The 'Board of Ordnance Register of Plans 1700-1800' only lists 6 copies and no original, dates them to 1749 and gives the draughtsman as 'Mr. Heath'. Joseph Heath was a draughtsman in the Tower of London Drawing Room from 1750 to 1759. The original Fort George was founded on a site at Inverness Castle in August 1727, but was almost entirely destroyed by mines laid by the army of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, in 1746, on their return north, just before Culloden. As a result of the destruction, the decision was taken not to attempt to repair that site, but to build a completely new Fort George. The initial proposals by Lewis Marcell (see plan at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/83a, and associated sections) and William Skinner were for the site of the old Cromwellian fort, known as Oliver's Fort (see Louis Petit's map at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/78a), but eventually Skinner's second proposals for the site at Ardersier Point were accepted.
Work Record ID
0043144
Subject Place
Fort George,Scotland
Subject Category
Board of Ordnance,Maps, Military
Work Record ID
0043946
Subject Place
[Fort George, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Work Record ID
0043139
Subject Place
[Edinburgh Castle, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Inspector General of Fortifications, Maps, Military]
Description
This profile accompanies the plan at shelfmark MS.1649.Z.03/58c. The original work on the castle, designed and built by Theodore Dury (at shelfmark MS.1649.Z.03/58b) had not been thought to be adequate by Major John O'Brien, and Talbot Edwards was given the job of improving matters. The plan at shelfmark MS.1649.Z.03/58a shows the actual alterations which were carried out in 1710. This apparent quarrel is noted on several other plans, specifically from Stirling and Dumbarton. This sheet has the stamp of the Inspector General of Fortifications, rather than the stamp of the Board of Ordnance. It was handed down through his family from William Skinner, who was Chief Engineer for Scotland from 1746, and then of Great Britain, to his death in 1780, and was the architect of Fort George, Ardersier. It eventually came into the hands of his great-great-grandson Major Thomas Skinner (1804-1877), who wrote a provenance note on it when he passed it on to his own son, Lieutenant Monier Skinner, in 1872. Talbot Edwards married William Skinner's older sister, and brought him up after the death of their parents, and presumably passed these plans on to him.
Work Record ID
0043505
Subject Place
[Braemar Castle, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Work Record ID
0043301
Subject Place
[Braemar Castle, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Work Record ID
0043302
Subject Place
Scotland
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
This sheet shows the completed Fort George, Ardersier, with full details of the military defence features. It was copied by John Sedley, in the Tower of London Drawing Room, in 1801. The original is attributed to William Skinner. It resembles two other Drawing Room copies done in 1808, which are at shelfmarks MS.1647.Z.02/59a and MS.1647.Z.02/59c, but it lacks their list of domestic buildings.
Work Record ID
0043147
Subject Place
[Fort George, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
This is 'No.5' of the sheets of sections accompanying the plan at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/45a, which details the progress of the building work at Fort George, Ardersier, by 1752.
Work Record ID
0043121
Subject Place
[Edinburgh, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
This sheet shows a plan and elevations of the storehouses built in Edinburgh Castle in 1753 and 1754, and the powder magazine. It is unsigned, but it is probably related to the plan of the 1753 storehouses at shelfmark MS.1645.Z.02/13a, which was sent to the Board of Ordnance by William Skinner in December 1753.
Work Record ID
0043052
Subject Place
[Fort George, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
This sheet shows the plan, elevations and sections of new barracks at Fort George, Ardersier, and was produced in 1753. It was drawn by Charles Tarrant and is signed by William Skinner.
Work Record ID
0043131
Subject Place
[Fort Augustus, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
This is a copy of the sheet at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/68a, which was a plan and sections of the pier built at Fort Augustus in 1753, by William Skinner. This copy was done on 15 October, 1795, by William Read, in the Tower of London Drawing Room.
Work Record ID
0043171
Subject Place
[Fort Augustus, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Work Record ID
0043170
Subject Place
[Fort George, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
This sheet show a plan of the storehouses at Fort George, Ardersier, an elevation of the east front of the building, and sections through the storehouses, the bakehouse and brewhouse, and the 'dwelling-houses' attached to the bakehouse and brewhouse. It is dated 1762, and signed by William Skinner.
Work Record ID
0043140
Subject Place
[Fort George, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
This sheet is a copy of the 1762 plan at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/55a, which shows the storehouses at Fort George, Ardersier, an elevation of the east front of the building, and sections through the storehouses, the bakehouse and brewhouse, and the 'dwelling-houses' attached to the bakehouse and brewhouse. This copy was done by William Booth, in the Tower of London Drawing Room, on 31 October 1764. The original was signed by William Skinner.
Work Record ID
0043141
Subject Place
[Fort George, Scotland]
Subject Category
Maps, Military
Description
The sheet has two parts. The main panel contains the plan of the proposed fort, the title, year and 'References'. A panel along the lower part of the sheet contains a profile of an area of the plan, and both sets of scales. The 'Board of Ordnance Register of Plans 1700-1800', attributes this to Dougal Campbell, with the draughtsman Charles Tarrant. However, this is more likely to be one of William Skinner's plans, as according to Chris Tabraham and Doreen Grove, only Lewis Marcell and William Skinner, drew up plans for a new Fort George on the old Cromwellian fort site, at Inverness. In addition, while there may be another example of a Tarrant/Campbell collaboration at Fort William, 2722, which would mean that Tarrant had been known to draw for Campbell, he worked mainly with Skinner, and he had recently done detailed drawings of the destruction at the old Fort George, Inverness (Inverness Castle), for Skinner, (in images 00002810 and 00002774). Tabraham and Grove :- 'A plan was drawn up by Major Marcell, an Irish engineer, in 1746, followed the year after by another scheme this time drawn up by the newly appointed engineer for the Board of Ordnance in North Britain, Major General William Skinner. The building contract was agreed with William Adam. However, at the last minute Inverness Burgh Council claimed compensation of several thousands of pounds because of the loss of use of their harbour, with the result that Skinner was instructed to look for another site.' (Ardersier Point) The Lewis Marcell plan is in images 00002966, with 10 sheets of sections on images 00002955-2963 and 00002967-2969. There is a copy of this in image 00002965, done by Thomas Smart, in 1764.
Work Record ID
0043199
Subject Place
[Fort George, Scotland]
Subject Category
Maps, Military
Description
This copy of the plan in image 00002964, was done in the Tower of London Drawing Room, in 1764. The sheet has two parts. The main panel contains the plan of the proposed fort, and a box containing the title, year, name of copyist, 'References' and both sets of scales. A panel along the lower part of the sheet contains a profile of an area of the plan.
Work Record ID
0043200
Subject Place
[Fort Augustus, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
This sheet is another copy of the plan at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/66a, by someone with the initials 'T.C.', showing William Skinner's repairs and additions to Fort Augustus, as a consequence of its partial destruction by the army of Charles Edward Stuart, just before Culloden, in 1746. The original plan follows Skinner's initial plan at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/65a, (copies at shelfmarks MS.1647.Z.02/65b and MS.1647.Z.02/65c). There is another unsigned copy of this plan at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/66b. There is a sheet of sections at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/70b to accompany the original plan, and a copy of those sections at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/70a.
Work Record ID
0043166
Subject Place
Scotland
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
This is a plan of Fort George, Ardersier, produced in 1754 to show how far building works had progressed. Although not signed by William Skinner, he was the chief engineer on the project, which was his major professional work. It has been signed by Charles Tarrant as the draughtsman. It is accompanied by a sheet of sections, which is at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/49b.
Work Record ID
0043135
Subject Place
[Fort George, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
The sheet is the contemporary copy of the plan at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/40a, (drawn by Charles Tarrant and is signed by William Skinner). This was done by Thomas Day in the Tower of London Drawing Room. Both sheets show the progress in the building of the new Fort George at Ardersier Point, by 1750, with future developments marked. They follow the plan of 1749 at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/39a (copy at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/39b). Three sheets of sections accompany this plan. They are at shelfmarks MS.1646.Z.02/41a, MS.1646.Z.02/42a and MS.1646.Z.02/43a, (with unsigned copies at shelfmarks MS.1646.Z.02/41b, MS.1646.Z.02/42b and MS.1646.Z.02/43b).
Work Record ID
0043114
Subject Place
[Fort George, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
The sheet shows a plan of progress in the building of the new Fort George at Ardersier Point, by 1750, with future developments marked. It follows the plan of 1749 at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/39a (copy at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/39b). It was drawn by Charles Tarrant and is signed by William Skinner. Three sheets of sections accompany this plan. They are at shelfmarks MS.1646.Z.02/41a, MS.1646.Z.02/42a and MS.1646.Z.02/43a, (with unsigned copies at shelfmarks MS.1646.Z.02/41b, MS.1646.Z.02/42b and MS.1646.Z.02/43b). There is a contemporary copy of this plan at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/40b, done by Thomas Day in the Tower of London Drawing Room.
Work Record ID
0043113
Subject Place
[Dumbarton Castle, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military, Maps, Pictorial]
Description
This sheet has the stamp of the Inspector of Government Fortifications, rather than the stamp of the Board of Ordnance, and appears at some point to have been in the hands of the family of William Skinner, who was Chief Engineer for Scotland from 1746, and then of Great Britain, to his death in 1780, and was the architect of Fort George, Ardersier. This sheet is divided into three parts. The larger, upper panel contains a plan of Dumbarton Castle and its situation on the Rock of Dumbarton, but appears to be unfinished as the code letters and their correspomding list of references have not been added. The lower third of the sheet is divided into two panels, both containing views of the castle and rock from the south, across the Firth of Clyde.
Work Record ID
0043507
Subject Place
[Fort George, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Work Record ID
0043138
Subject Place
[Fort George, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
This sheet shows the foundations of one of the bastions at Fort George, Ardersier, where it was proposed to place some of the armament stores, and the workplaces for the skilled artisans. It is signed by William Skinner, and dated 1762, but there is no indication of the draughtsman. There is a copy of this at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/54b.
Work Record ID
0043137
Subject Place
[Fort George, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
This and the plans at shelfmarks MS.1647.Z.02/57a and MS.1647.Z.02/57c are all probably copies of a missing original, which appears to have been William Skinner's design for Fort George, Ardersier, before anything was actually built. The 'Board of Ordnance Register of Plans 1700-1800' only lists 6 copies and no original, dates them to 1749 and gives the draughtsman as 'Mr. Heath'. Joseph Heath was a draughtsman in the Tower of London Drawing Room from 1750 to 1759.
Work Record ID
0043143
Subject Place
[Fort George, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
This and the plans at shelfmarks MS.1647.Z.02/57a and MS.1647.Z.02/57c are all probably copies of a missing original, which appears to have been William Skinner's design for Fort George, Ardersier, before anything was actually built. The 'Board of Ordnance Register of Plans 1700-1800' only lists 6 copies and no original, dates them to 1749 and gives the draughtsman as 'Mr. Heath'. Joseph Heath was a draughtsman in the Tower of London Drawing Room from 1750 to 1759.
Work Record ID
0043143
Subject Place
[Edinburgh Castle, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Inspector General of Fortifications, Maps, Military]
Description
There is a plan at shelfmark MS.1649.Z.03/58a, which records that Major John O'Brien took exception to Theodore Dury's work as shown here, and that Talbot Edwards, the Second Engineer, was asked to improve on it. This quarrel seems to extend to works at Stirling and Dumbarton also. Talbot Edwards' design for the improvements is at shelfmark MS.1649.Z.03/58c. This sheet has the stamp of the Inspector General of Fortifications, rather than that of the Board of Ordnance. It was handed down through the family of William Skinner, who was Chief Engineer for Scotland from 1746, and then of Great Britain, to his death in 1780, and who was the architect of Fort George, Ardersier. It eventually came into the hands of his great-great-grandson Major Thomas Skinner (1804-1877), who wrote a provenance note on it when he passed it on to his own son, Lieutenant Monier Skinner, in 1872. Talbot Edwards, who was responsible for the alterations to the work done by Dury, married William Skinner's older sister, and brought him up after the death of their parents, and presumably passed these plans on to him.
Work Record ID
0043502
Subject Place
[Edinburgh Castle, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
This sheet shows a plan and elevations of the storehouse built in Edinburgh Castle, in 1753. A note at the bottom of the plan records its receipt at the Board of Ordnance with a letter from William Skinner on 4 December, 1753. Another plan (at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/48a) showing progress on Fort George, Ardersier, in 1753, was sent with the same letter. The plan at shelfmark MS.1645.Z.02/13b, 'General plan sections and elevations of the powder magazine and storehouses built in Edinburgh Castle ano: 1753 & 1754', may be an update of this Edinburgh plan by William Skinner, but it is unsigned.
Work Record ID
0043051
Subject Place
[Edinburgh Castle, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
A sheet in two equal sections. On the right hand section, a plan, elevation and section of a design for a barracks for 270 men, to be built in Edinburgh Castle. On the left hand section, a plan of the arsenal. There is an exact copy of this plan, Shelfmark MS.1645.Z.02/12b, which has not been signed by the copyist.
Work Record ID
0043037
Subject Place
[Edinburgh Castle, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
This is a copy of the plan at shelfmark MS.1645.Z.02/12a for the barracks for 270 men, to be built in Edinburgh Castle, designed by William Skinner, in 1750. But this copy is unattributed, so the actual copyist remains unknown. Charles Tarrant frequently worked with William Skinner, as his draughtsman, as well as his surveying partner, but he usually signed his work. The War Office records for the original plan note that this design was not adopted. ? The sheet is in two equal sections. On the right hand section, a plan, elevation and section of a design for the barracks. On the left hand section, a plan of the arsenal.
Work Record ID
0043038
Subject Place
[Fort George, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Work Record ID
0043123
Subject Place
[Fort George, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Description
This sheet shows the plan, elevations and sections of the progress in building the new barracks on the north side at Fort George, Ardersier. It is unsigned, and has no Board of Ordnance codes with which to identify it. The chief engineer on the project was William Skinner, but the identify of the draughtsman is unknown.
Work Record ID
0043132
Subject Place
Scotland
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Work Record ID
0043292
Subject Place
Scotland
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Work Record ID
0043293
Subject Place
[Corgarff Castle, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Work Record ID
0043305
Subject Place
[Corgarff Castle, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Work Record ID
0043306
Subject Place
[Corgarff Castle, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Work Record ID
0043307
Subject Place
[Fort George, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Maps, Military]
Work Record ID
0043149
Subject Place
[Edinburgh Castle, Scotland]
Subject Category
[Board of Ordnance, Inspector General of Fortifications, Maps, Military]
Description
There is a plan at shelfmark MS.1649.Z.03/58a, which records that Major John O'Brien took exception to Theodore Dury's work as seen on the plan at shelfmark MS.1649.Z.03/58b, and that Talbot Edwards, the Second Engineer, was asked to improve on it. That design is at shelfmark MS.1649.Z.03/58c, and this seems to be part of the same scheme. This quarrel seems to extend to the works at Stirling and Dumbarton. This sheet has the stamp of the Inspector General of Fortifications, rather than the stamp of the Board of Ordnance. It was handed down through the family of William Skinner, who was Chief Engineer for Scotland from 1746, and then of Great Britain, to his death in 1780, and was the architect of Fort George, Ardersier. It eventually came into the hands of his great-great-grandson Major Thomas Skinner (1804-1877), who wrote a provenance note on it when he passed it on to his own son, Lieutenant Monier Skinner, in 1872. Talbot Edwards married William Skinner's older sister, and brought him up after the death of their parents, and presumably passed these plans on to him.
Work Record ID
0043504
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![A Plan of the west front of Fort George, commanding the channel : section thro the south casmate marked FG [1 of 1]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size2/UoEcha-1-NA/1002/0043139c.jpg)
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![Plan and elevations with sections of the barracks for 1600 men and officers : Fort George 1753 [1 of 1]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size2/UoEcha-1-NA/1002/0043131c.jpg)
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![Plan of Fort George : shewing how far the works were carried on in the year 1754 [1 of 1]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size2/UoEcha-1-NA/1002/0043135c.jpg)
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![Plan of the works proposed to be made at the castle of Edinburgh [1 of 1]](https://images-teaching.is.ed.ac.uk/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size1/UoEcha-1-NA/1002/0043502c.jpg)
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