Plan elevation and sections of a shed : ordered to be built at Edinbo. Castle for the reception of 50 bread carts [copy] /
Campbell, Dugal,-1757.
Spencer, John,active 1794-1804.
cartographic

1795.
This is a 1795 copy of a 1746 plan and elevations, by Dugal Campbell, of a shed built at Edinburgh Castle to receive 50 bread carts. It was done in the Tower of London Drawing Room by John Spencer. Dugal Campbell's original is at shelfmark MS.1645.Z.02/06a. This shed was an addition to his work on the castle in the 1740's, made necessary by the increased garrison.
At top of plan: title written in ink, and below, written in pencil "No 6".
In top margin: written in pencil "1746" and probably "No 8 pa 1 - 3rd div".
In middle of plan: written in ink, scale statement "Scale 8 feet to an Inch", and scale bar graded 10-0-40 feet.
In bottom right hand corner: stamped in red "B.O", with an upwards arrow; written in ink "B4 F8" and "Edinr. 10th. Septr. 1746 Dug Campbell Engin".
In bottom left hand corner: written in ink "John Spencer July ye 10th. 1795".
In top left hand corner: library shelfmark written in ink.
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 Edinburgh Castle.
Board of Ordnance Plans,
Edinburgh Castle (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Maps, Military