Sketch of the ground about Fort George /
Frazer, Andrew,active 1781-1786.
cartographic

1785.
This sheet shows a sketch map of the land around Ardersier, including the Moray Firth, and Fort George. It is signed in ink by "A. Frazer 1785", but the title was added at a later date in pencil. There is a copy of this, also by Andrew Frazer at about the same time, at MS.1650.Z.46/57e.
Andrew Frazer was working at Fort George, Ardersier between 1781 and 1786, at times being contemporary with Charles Shipley, who worked with him on the pier. Frazer also worked at Fort Charlotte, Shetland, Leith Battery and Corgarff Castle. Other plans of Frazer's from Fort George, Ardersier, are at shelfmarks MS.1647.Z.02/58 (copies at shelfmarks MS.1650.Z.46/57g and MS.1650.Z.46/57h), MS.1650.Z.46/57d and MS.1650.Z.46/21. His plans of Fort Charlotte, Leith Battery and Corgarff Castle are also in this collection. There is a copy of this plan at shelfmark MS.1650.Z.46/57e.
In top right hand corner: written faintly in pencil, "Sketch of the Ground near Fort George", with "near" scored out and "about" written above in pencil, and the library shelfmark written below in pencil.
In bottom right hand corner: written in ink, "Signed A. Frazer 1785", with "B5 F54" below.
In bottom left hand corner: "B.O" with upwards arrow, stamped in red, and "(15)" written in ink below.
Above Board of Ordnance stamp: written in ink, scale statement "Scale 800 feet to an Inch", with 95.25 mm. scale bar graded [0]-500-1000-3000.
Above scale statement: written in ink, "Soundings or depths in Fathoms at Low water of a Neap Tide"; soundings figures are written in the offshore waters.
Has watermarks.
Board of Ordnance. Register of Plans 1700-1800,
Shows Ardersier and the Moray Firth.
Board of Ordnance Plans,
Maps, Military