A Plan of Fort Augustus with the adjacent lands 1750 /
Daubant, Abraham,active 1750-1759.
Rogerson, William M.,active 1808.
cartographic

1808.
This is a 19th century copy of Abraham Daubant's 1750 plan of the fort at Fort Augustus, with the surrounding countryside. This copy was done on 25 May, 1808, by William Rogerson. As well as the details of the fort, it shows the town, other settlements, a mill, cultivated fields and orchards, the roads leading to Glen Morrison, Fort William and Inverness, trees, peat areas and boggy ground, "Land overflowed when there are great Rains", two fords and a ferry on the River Oich, a wooden bridge and a ford on the River Tarff, and the "Boundary of the Kings Land". It also indicates a "Pier for the Galley", which was used by the fort personnel. Two of Daubant's originals are at shelfmarks MS.1647.Z.02/67a and MS.1647.Z.02/67b
At bottom of sheet: in box, title and date, "Explanation", with list of code letters, and names of features on plan to which they refer, and scale statement "Scale 200 Feet to an Inch ", with 127 mm. scale bar, graded 50-[0]-100-1000.
To right of title box: "B.O" with upwards arrow, stamped in red.
In bottom left hand corner: "Copied by Wm. M. Rogerson 25th May 1808" written in ink.
In bottom right hand corner: written in ink "B", with the top of probably "5 F" also visible.
In top right hand corner: library shelfmark written in pencil.
War Office, London. Board of Ordnance Drawings,
Shows Fort Augustus, Invernesshire, with Loch Ness and the rivers Tarff and Oich.
Board of Ordnance Plans,
Maps, Military