A Plan of Sterling (i.e. Stirling) Castle, as here color'd in red lines, and the black is a design for better fortifying the entrance of the same : A profile of Elphinstons Tower and French Spur at Sterling Castle /
Beaumont, John,active 1795-1799.
Dury, Theodore,active 1670-1742.
Edwards, Talbot,1687-1719.
cartographic

1795.
This is a copy of the plan at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/23a. That plan derived from an original by Theodore Dury, (at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/16b) with ammendments by Talbot Edwards. This plan was copied in the Tower of London Drawing Room, in 1795, by John Beaumont. There is another unsigned and undated copy at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/23c.
The sheet has three panels, of which the middle panel is blank, the right hand side panel contains the plan of the whole of Stirling Castle, with some of the surrounding country, and the left hand side panel contains a "Profile of Elphinstons Tower and French Spur".
At top of right hand panel: library shelfmark written in ink.
At bottom of right hand panel: hand printed in ink in box, title, original author and date of whole plan, with a long criticism of the original plan and details of Talbot Edwards' improvements (of an unknown date).
In title box, above text: 142.9 mm. scale bar, graded [0]-5-[0]-800 [feet].
In middle of middle panel: "B.O" with upwards arrow stamped in red.
At top of left hand panel: title of panel written in ink.
At bottom of left hand panel: scale statement reading "Scale of Feet", with 76.2 mm. (3ins.) scale bar graded [0]-5-[0]-10-50 ft.
Has watermarks.
Plan of Stirling Castle, 1708, copied in 1795.
Board of Ordnance Plans,
Stirling Castle (Stirling, Scotland)
Maps, Military