Plan of the front on the entrance to Fort William : representing the main gate way as proposed to be rebuilt with the wing walls sustaining the ground of the rampart on each side of the entrance;  and the manner proposed for forming the earth work of the ramparts and parapets on that front, which is now very irregular and much out of repair. [1744] /
Campbell, Dugal,-1757.
Field, John,active 1812.
cartographic

1812.
This sheet is in two parts. The bottom half shows the plan of the front entrance to the fort, and the top half shows the elevations and sections of the ravelin gate which had been completed in 1744, and the improvements to the main gate proposed for 1745. This would put it third in the sequence of six plans drawn up by Dugal Campbell between 1744 and 1746, detailing the upgrading of the fort. It is however, not Dugal Campbell's original, which seems to have been lost, but John Field's copy done in 1812, probably in the Tower of London Drawing Room. The only other example of this plan is a copy, done by John Deleny in 1769, also in the Drawing Room (shelfmark MS.1646.Z02/27a).
Preceding this plan are those at shelfmarks MS.1646.Z.02/28a and MS.1646.Z.02/28b, both from July 1744, showing new barracks and in which the ravelin gate has not yet been started. Following it are plans at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02.28c showing plans for the Governor's house, at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/29a (with copies at shelfmarks MS.1646.Z.02/29b and at MS.1646.Z.02/29c), showing completion of the long barracks, from 1745, and at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/30 (with a copy at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/30b), showing plans for additional barracks, from 1746.
Halfway down right hand side: title hand-printed in box.
Above title: scale statement "Scale for the Elevations and Sections 8 Feet to an Inch", with 190.5 mm. scale bar, graded 10-5-0-10-50 Feet.
At left hand side of upper half: "B.O" with upwards arrow, stamped in red.
In top right hand corner: library shelfmark written in ink.
In bottom right hand corner: scale statement "Scale for the Plan 20 Feet to an Inch", with 127 mm. scale bar graded 20-10-5-0-20-80, and below, the beginning of the library shelfmark, written in ink.
In bottom left hand corner: written in ink "Copied by John Field June 1812".
In top left hand corner: part of the library shelfmark written in ink.
Has watermarks.
Shows the fort at Fort William.
Board of Ordnance Plans,
Maps, Military