A Prospect of that part of the land and sea adjacent to ye barrack to be built in Glen Elg /
Bastide, John Henri,active 1718-1759.
Jelfe, Andrews,active 1704-1759.
cartographic

1720.
The major portion of this sheet is a hand coloured "prospect" of the area around the Bernera Barracks, at Glen Elg, with a small map of the area inset in the upper right corner. The artist was John Henri Bastide, a Board of Ordnance surveyor and draughtsman, who usually worked in partnership with John Dumaresq. There are 'key' letters on the picture, however, with an "Explanation" of the features to which they refer, in one corner. The letters also refer to features on the inset map, which has been done from a survey by "Mr. Jelf", who was also working with Bastide at that time, at all four of the new Highland forts, Bernera, Inversnaid, Ruthven and Kiliwhimen.
There are two copies of the view, without the map, at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.03/07b, dated 1762 and signed by William Test, and at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.03/07c, unsigned and undated, but probably also done by William Test, at the same period.
At top of sheet: title, artist and year in ornate cartouche.
In top right hand corner of sheet: in inset designed like scroll, map of area covered by the illustration, and written on bottom of scroll, scale statement for map, "Scale of two thousand Feet to an Inch", with 63.5 mm. scale bar graded 1000-500-1000-4000; above inset, library shelfmark written in pencil.
In top left hand corner of sheet: in cartouche designed as tasselled curtain, "Explanation", with list of code letters, and names of features on the illustration and on the inset map to which they refer, and the words "Plan of the Country, as Per Mr. Jelfs Survey".
In bottom right hand corner of sheet: "B.5.F.6" written in ink.
At lower right hand of sheet: "B.O" with upwards arrow, stamped in red.
Has watermarks and is torn in lower right area.
Tabraham Chris. Fortress Scotland and the Jacobites, 1995,
Board of Ordnance. Register of Plans 1700-1800,
Porter, Whitworth. History of the Corps of Royal Engineers, 1889,
Shows Glen Elg, Scotland.
Board of Ordnance Plans,
Maps, Pictorial
Maps, Military