Plan of the City of Glasgow : from an actual survey 1792 /
Barrack Board.

1792.
This sheet shows the city of Glasgow in the year 1792, including a proposed road running east from High Street to the main highway to Edinburgh. It is not a Board of Ordnance manuscript plan, but a printed map of Glasgow, on which the Barrack Board has indicated the proposed site of Glasgow Barracks, which is coloured in yellow, and has "Ground proposed for the Barracks" handwritten on it in ink.
In bottom left hand corner: title and year in ornate cartouche, featuring an urn on a plinth, with foliage, and sailing ships to one side.
In top left hand corner:  library shelfmark written in ink, and written faintly in pencil "[?] [?] Board Plans - Tray 20".
In top right hand corner: library shelfmark written in pencil.
In bottom right hand corner: written in ink "Glasgow 1792".
At bottom of sheet: scale statement "Scale of Feet 3/4 of an English Mile", with scale bar, graded [100]-[0]-100-1000-[1320]-[2640]-[3960] Feet.
Shows Glasgow.
Board of Ordnance Plans,
Maps, Military