A Draught of Dumbarton Castle anno 1708 [copy] /
Field, John,active 1812.
cartographic

1812.
This is a copy of the plan at shelfmark  MS.1647.Z.02/71a, showing Dumbarton Castle, with part of the  Firth of Clyde and the River Leven. The original plan is unsigned. This copy was done in 1812, by John Field, who has upgraded several of the features which were only drafted in pencil on the original, such as the compass rose in the bottom left hand part of the sheet, the scale bar in the bottom right hand corner, and the flag and flagpole on the north east hill.
In top left hand corner: hand lettered in ink, title and year, with list of code letters, and names of features on plan to which they refer.
In bottom left hand corner: "Copied by John Field. July 1st 1812" written in pencil.
In bottom right hand corner: scale bar, graded [0]-5-100-300 Feet, library shelfmark written in ink, and "B.4.F.20".
On right hand side: "B.O" with upwards arrow, stamped in red.
Has watermarks.
Tabraham Chris. Fortress Scotland and the Jacobites, 1995,
National Library of Scotland. War Office Inventory,
Shows Dumbarton Castle, Dunbartonshire, including part of the Firth of Clyde and the River Leven.
Board of Ordnance Plans,
Dumbarton Castle (Dumbarton, Scotland)
Maps, Military