Plan of Fort William 1745 [copy] /
Campbell, Dugal,-1757.
Deleny, John,active 1765-1770.
cartographic

1769.
This is a copy of a Dugal Campbell plan which would probably be fifth in a set of six plans that he produced 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 shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/27a and shelfmark 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.
Unfortunately, none of Dugal Campbell's originals of this seem to exist any longer. This copy was done by John Deleny of the Tower of London Drawing Room, on 16 January, 1769. There is another copy done by him on 17 February 1769 at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/29c, and a copy at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/29a, which may have been done by Charles Tarrant between 1750 and 1755, when he was still working in the Tower of London Drawing Room.
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 [0]-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.
At bottom of plan: scale statement reading "Scale for the General Plan", with 139.7 mm. scale bar graded [0]-20-10-0-20-180 Feet.
In bottom left hand corner: written in ink "Iohn Deleny, Iany.16th.1769", "(No:32)" and "B: 4.F: 44".
Has watermarks.
National Library of Scotland. War Office Inventory,
Marshall, Douglas W., "Military Maps of the Eighteenth Century and the Tower of London Drawing Room", Imago Mundi,
Shows the fort at Fort William.
Board of Ordnance Plans,
Maps, Military