A Plan of Fort Augustus : shewing the repairs and aditions done between Iune and September 1747, with the works proposed to be compleated in 1748 /
Skinner, William,1700-1780.
cartographic

1747.
This sheet shows William Skinner's repairs and additions to Fort Augustus, as a consequence of its partial destruction by the army of Charles Edward Stuart, just before Culloden, in 1746. It follows Skinner's initial plan at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/65a, (copies at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/65b and shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/65c). There is an unsigned copy of this plan at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/66b, and a copy done by someone with the initials "T.C." at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/66c. There is also an accompanying sheet of sections at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/70b (copy at  shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/70a).
In top right hand corner: library shelfmark written in pencil.
In bottom right hand corner: written in ink "Bo: 5. Fo 59", with "59" scored out and "F60" written above.
In bottom left hand corner: title hand-printed in ink, "Explanation", with list of code letters, and names of features on plan to which they refer, scale statement "A Scale of Feet One Hundred in an Inch", with 127 mm. scale bar, graded [0]-50-[0]-100-400, and signature "W. Skinner", with below "22" written in ink.
At bottom of plan: "B.O" with upwards arrow, stamped in red.
Has watermarks.
Board of Ordnance. Register of Plans 1700-1800,
Shows Fort Augustus, Invernesshire.
Board of Ordnance Plans,
Maps, Military