Plan for building a fort at Inverness : on the vestige of an old fort demolished 1746 [copy] /
Skinner, William,1700-1780.
Smart, Thomas,active 1758-1779.
Tarrant, Charles,1730-1818.
cartographic

1764.
This copy of the plan at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/82a, was done in the Tower of London Drawing Room. 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.
In top right hand corner: hand lettered in box, title, "Copy'd by Thos. Smart. Augt. 10 1764", and "References", with list of code letters, and names of features on plan to which they refer, and both scales.
Scale statements read: "Scale for the Plan 100 Feet to an Inch", with scale bar, graded 100-[0]-100-700 Feet, and "Scale for the Profile 30 Feet to an Inch", with diagonal scale graded [10]-[0]-10-200 Feet.
At right hand side of plan: "B.O" with upwards arrow, stamped in red.
At bottom of sheet, in panel containing the profile: library shelfmark written in pencil at right, and "27" written in ink, in bottom left hand corner.
Has watermarks.
Shows the area around Oliver's Fort, near Inverness, Invernesshire.
Board of Ordnance Plans,
Maps, Military