Plan of the works on the entrance of the castle of Edinbo. /
Campbell, Dugal,-1757.
cartographic

1742.
This plan shows building works at the entrance of Edinburgh Castle, including the new walls. It is part of a set done by Dugal Campbell in 1742, to show the progress of the improvements at the castle in the 1740's. This plan appears to have been copied in the Tower of London Drawing Room, first by Jabez Anderson, in 1799, (at shelfmark MS.1645.Z.02/04b), and secondly by John Sedley in 1800, (at shelfmark MS.1645.Z.02/04c). Another plan from this set is at shelfmark MS.1645.Z.02/5b (with a copy at shelfmark MS.1645.Z.02/5c), and a 1769 copy of a 1740 set of elevations at  shelfmark MS.1645.Z.02/5a.
At top of plan: title of plan handwritten in ink, with "B.O" stamped in red, with an upwards arrow.
In bottom left hand corner: handwritten in ink, "NB that colloured Yellow is the part which they are now building conform to Capt. Romers Plan.", and in different handwriting, "Receivd with Mr D. Campbell's Letter fm Edinburgh dat. 18 June 1742", and scale bar.
Scale bar graded [0]-10-[0]-70 feet.
Along left hand side: written in pencil "1742 No 4".
In bottom right hand corner: handwritten in ink "Bo.4Fo.6".
In top right hand corner: library shelfmark written in ink.
Shows Edinburgh Castle.
Board of Ordnance Plans,
Romer, John Lambertus, 1680-1754.
Edinburgh Castle (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Maps, Military