A Plan of Edinburgh Castle /
Edwards, Talbot,1687-1719.
Dury, Theodore,active 1670-1742.
cartographic

[ca. 1710.]
This sheet has the stamp of the Inspector General of Fortifications, rather than the stamp of the Board of Ordnance. It was handed down through his family from William Skinner, who was Chief Engineer for Scotland from 1746, and then of Great Britain, to his death in 1780, and was the architect of Fort George, Ardersier. It eventually came into the hands of his great-great-grandson Major Thomas Skinner (1804-1877), who wote a provenance note on it when he passed it on to his own son, Lieutenant Monier Skinner, in 1872. One of the major designers involved in this plan originally was Talbot Edwards, who had married William Skinner's older sister, and brought him up after the death of their parents, and presumably passed these plans on to him.
There is an extensive note in the panel at the bottom of the sheet, explaining the alterations which Talbot Edwarrds had carried out on work originally designed and built by Theodore Dury, and which had not been thought to be adequate by Major John O'Brien. This apparent quarrel is noted on several other plans, specifically from Stirling and Dumbarton. Dury's original design is at shelfmark MS.1649.Z.03/58b and Edwards' designs for the alterations is at shelfmark MS.1649.Z.03/58c.
In top left hand corner: "I.G.F." with upwards arrow, stamped in red, and compass rose orienting top of sheet to west.
At left hand side: handwritten in ink "Handed over to Lieut. Monier Skinner R. Engrs. by his father in 1872".
In top right hand corner of sheet: "29" printed on pasted-on label.
At right hand side: library shelfmark written in ink.
In panel at bottom of sheet: title, "Explanation", with list of code numbers and the features to which they refer on the plan, and scale statement 'A Scale of Feet', with scale bar graded [0]-50-[0]-100-200-300-400-500.
Has watermarks.
Shows Edinburgh Castle, Scotland.
Board of Ordnance Plans,
O'Brien, John, active 1709.
Skinner, Monier, active 1872.
Skinner, Thomas, 1804-1877.
Skinner, William, 1700-1780.
Edinburgh Castle (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Inspector General of Fortifications.
Maps, Military