Plan of Fort William 1745 / [original engineer Dugal Campbell; possibly copied by Charles Tarrant]
Campbell, Dugal,-1757.
Tarrant, Charles,1730-1818.
cartographic

[possibly post 1750]
This plan would probably be fifth in a set of six plans produced by Dugal Campbell for the upgrading of Fort William between 1744 and 1746. It shows the completion of much of the work mentioned in the previous plans, with the exceptions of the main gate, which has not yet been started (although plans had been drawn up, see shelfmarks MS.1646.Z.02/27a and MS.1646.Z.02/27b), and the additional barracks (shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/30a, with a copy at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/30b), which were a later proposal. The officers' barracks (shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/28b) has one storey completed. The other plans in the set are soldiers' barracks, the bakehouse and proposals for a ravelin gate and the main gate at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/28a, and the Governor's house at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/28c.
The plan has been attributed to Charles Tarrant by the War Office notes, which may mean it is a copy he did, while still working in the Tower of London Drawing Room, between 1750 and 1755.  Aside from the fact it is a Dugal Campbell plan from the set of six, Tarrant was still a labourer in 1748. Unfortunately, none of Dugal Campbell's originals of this seem to exist any longer. There are copies, done by John Deleny of the Tower of London Drawing Room, in 1769, at shelfmarks MS.1646.Z.02/29b and MS.1646.Z.02/29c.
At top of plan: title and year hand-printed in box.
In top right hand corner; library shelfmark written in ink.
In top right hand section: scale statement reading "Scale to the particular Plan Elevn & Sects of the new Barracks etc.", with 165.1 mm. scale bar, graded 20-10-0-10-110 Feet.
To left of sections and elevations: "B.O" with upwards arrow, stamped in red.
In bottom right hand corner: "Explanation to the General Plan" reference codes, and the buildings to which they refer, hand-printed in box, with "B.4.F.44" written below in ink.
At bottom of plan: scale statement reading "Scale for the General Plan", with 165.1 mm. scale bar graded 40-20-10-0-20-220 Feet.
Has watermarks.
War Office, London. Board of Ordnance Drawings,
National Library of Scotland. War Office Inventory,
Shows the fort at Fort William.
Board of Ordnance Plans,
Maps, Military