Fort George in North Britain 1769 /
Skinner, William,1700-1780.
Sedley, John S.,active 1799-1801.
cartographic

1801.
This sheet shows the completed Fort George, Ardersier, with full details of the military defence features.  It was copied by John Sedley, in the Tower of London Drawing Room, in 1801. The original is attributed to William Skinner. It resembles two other Drawing Room copies done in 1808, which are at shelfmarks MS.1647.Z.02/59a and MS.1647.Z.02/59c, but it lacks their list of domestic buildings.
In top left hand corner: hand printed in ink, in box, title and "References", a list of upper case code letters and the names of the military defence features of the fort to which they refer, on the plan.
In bottom left hand corner: hand printed in box, scale statement "Scale 100 Feet to an Inch", with 254 mm. scale bar [0]-50-[0]-100-900 Feet.
In top right hand corner: library shelfmark written in ink.
In bottom right hand corner: written in ink "B: 5. F: 72."
At bottom of plan: "B.O" with upwards arrow, stamped in red.
Has watemark.
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 Fort George, Ardersier Point, Invernesshire.
Board of Ordnance Plans,
Maps, Military