A Plan of Fort Augustus with the old barracks and situation 1734 [copy] /
Hewitt, John,active 1796-1799.
cartographic

1797.
This sheet is a copy of the plan at shelfmark MS.16467.Z.02/61a, which shows the work being done at Fort Augustus in 1734. It also shows Kiliwhimen Barracks, and some of the country around the fort, including Loch Ness and the River Tarff, and names a harbour as one of the fort's features.This copy was done by John Hewitt, in the Tower of London Drawing Room, in May 1797. The original has not been attributed to anyone.
In top left hand corner: handwritten in box, title and year, with "Explanation", a list of code letters and the names of the features to which they refer on the map, and the text "Fort Augustus Founded 8th of September 1729, the main body of the Fortess with most of the Buildings is brought up to the height of the Watertabling".
In bottom left hand corner: handwritten in box, scale statement "Scale for Plan", with 127 mm. scale bar, graded [0]-50-[0]-100-400 Feet, and "Scale for the Profile", with diagonal scale, graded [0]-5-[0]-10-200 Feet, and below in very small letters, "John Hewitt began the 24 of May finished 31st 1797".
In top right hand corner: library shelfmark written in ink.
At right hand side: "B.O" with upwards arrow, stamped in red.
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Board of Ordnance Plans,
Maps, Military