A Design for powder magazine proposed to be built at at Dumbarton : to contain 150 barrels of powder; 1748 /
Skinner, William,1700-1780.
cartographic

1748.
This is a design for a powder magazine at Dumbarton Castle, by William Skinner, part of the upgrading of all the fortifications in Scotland which started after the battle of Culloden. There is an unsigned and undated copy of this plan at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/74b.
At top of sheet: hand lettered in ink, title and year.
In top right hand corner: library shelfmark written in ink.
In bottom right hand corner: written in ink, "W.Skinner" and "Bo: 4 F: 43".
At right hand side of sheet: written faintly in pencil "No 4 pa 31 - 3rd divn".
In bottom left hand corner: written in ink "(31)".
At left hand side of sheet: written faintly in pencil "1748 No. 74".
At bottom of sheet: scale statement "A Scale of feet 5 to an Inch ", with 101.6 mm. scale bar, graded [0]-5-[0]-10-30.
In middle of sheet: "B.O" with upwards arrow, stamped in red.
Has watermarks.
Tabraham Chris. Fortress Scotland and the Jacobites, 1995,
Board of Ordnance. Register of Plans 1700-1800,
Shows Dumbarton Castle, Dunbartonshire.
Board of Ordnance Plans,
Dumbarton Castle (Dumbarton, Scotland)
Maps, Military