Plan of the works proposed to be made at the castle of Edinburgh /
Dury, Theodore,active 1670-1742.
cartographic

1709.
There is a plan at shelfmark MS.1649.Z.03/58a, which records that Major John O'Brien took exception to Theodore Dury's work as shown here, and that Talbot Edwards, the Second Engineer, was asked to improve on it. This quarrel seems to extend over the works at Stirling and Dumbarton. Talbot Edwards design for the improvements is at shelfmark MS.1649.Z.03/58c.
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. Talbot Edwards, who was responsible for the alterations to the work done by Dury, married William Skinner's older sister, and brought him up after the death of their parents, and presumably passed these plans on to him.
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: "30" printed on pasted-on label, "I.G.F." with upwards arrow, stamped in red, and library shelfmark written in ink.
In panel at bottom of sheet: title, "Designed by Capt. Dury one of Her Majts. Engineers 1709", brief "Explanation", and scale statement 'A Scale of Feet', with scale bar graded [0]-50-[0]-100-200-300-400-500.
Shows Edinburgh Castle, Scotland.
Board of Ordnance Plans,
O'Brien, John, active 1709.
Edwards, Talbot, active 1708-1714.
Skinner, Monier, active 1872.
Skinner, Thomas, 1804-1877.
Skinner, William, 1700-1780.
Edinburgh Castle (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Inspector General of Fortifications.
Maps, Military