Plan of train barracks at Perth : formerly the house of Earl Gowry 1754 /
Tarrant, Charles,1730-1818.
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1754.
This is a plan by Charles Tarrant of the building in Perth, originally belonging to the Earls of Gowrie, and known as 'the Gowrie House', which after a chequered career (including being the scene of an attempted assassination of James VI, in 1600), had been given to the Duke of Cumberland by the town governors, just before the battle of Culloden, in 1746, and was being turned into a military barracks. There is a copy of this plan at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.03/04b, done in 1808, by Alfred Rae, probably in the Tower of London Drawing Room.
At left hand side of sheet: title and year written in ink, "Survd. & Dr. Chas. Tarrant" written in pencil, and written in ink "Explanation", with list of code letters, and names of features on plan to which they refer.
In top right hand corner: library shelfmark written in ink.
At right hand side of sheet: "B.O" with upwards arrow, stamped in red.
At bottom of sheet: written in ink, scale statement "Scale 20 Feet to an Inch ", with 139.7 mm. scale bar, graded [10]-[0]-10-100.
Has watermarks.
Tabraham Chris. Fortress Scotland and the Jacobites, 1995,
Shows Perth, Scotland.
Board of Ordnance Plans,
Maps, Military