Plan of Fort George North Britain : shewing how far the works are carried on in 1750; and what is proposed to be done in 1751 [copy] /
Skinner, William,1700-1780.
Tarrant, Charles,1730-1818.
Day, Thomas,active 1750-1752.
cartographic

1750.
The sheet is the contemporary copy of the plan at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/40a, (drawn by Charles Tarrant and is signed by William Skinner). This was done by Thomas Day in the Tower of London Drawing Room. Both sheets show the progress in the building of the new Fort George at Ardersier Point, by 1750, with future developments marked. They follow the plan of 1749 at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/39a (copy at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/39b). Three sheets of sections accompany this plan. They are at shelfmarks MS.1646.Z.02/41a, MS.1646.Z.02/42a and MS.1646.Z.02/43a, (with unsigned copies at shelfmarks MS.1646.Z.02/41b, MS.1646.Z.02/42b and MS.1646.Z.02/43b).
In top left hand corner: in box, title, with dates, "Explanation" with list of code letters and features on plan to which they refer, and "co. T.D."
In bottom left hand corner: in box, scale statement "Scale 100 Feet to an Inch", with 152.4 mm. scale bar, graded [0]-50-[0]-100-500 Feet.
In top right hand corner: library shelfmark written in pencil.
In middle of plan: "B.O" with upwards arrow, stamped in red.
Marshall, Douglas W., "Military Maps of the Eighteenth Century and the Tower of London Drawing Room", Imago Mundi,
Shows Fort George at Ardersier Point, near Inverness.
Board of Ordnance Plans,
Maps, Military