Plan & section of the powder magazine with the alterations propos'd, & will contain 1054 barrils of powder /
Watson, David,1713?-1761.
cartographic

1747.
Plan of proposed enlarged 1747 powder magazine at Edinburgh Castle, with drawn details of proposed placement of extra barrels of gunpowder. This is the last in a sequence of three, following on from David Watson's "An Exact plan of a part of Edinb. Castle, showing the situation of the powder magazine [etc.]" at shelfmark MS.1645.Z.02/07a, and "Plan and section of the powder magazine as it is at present, containing 684 barrills of powder" at shelfmark MS.1645.Z.02/07b.
At top of plan: title written in ink, with "No 7" written above, in pencil.
In top margin: written in pencil "1747 No 10 part 3rd divr[n?]".
In top right hand corner: library shelfmark written in ink, with printed label "1" pasted over pencil notation or diagram.
In bottom right hand corner: written in ink "Bo.4.Fo.9".
At bottom of plan: scale bar drawn in pencil, with scale statement "Scale of Feet", and grades 10-5-0-50 in ink.
In bottom left hand corner: written in ink "Receivd with Col. David Watson's Lre to the Board dated from Edinburgh 30 apr. 1747".
At left side of plan: stamped in red "B.O" with upwards arrow.
Shows Edinburgh Castle.
Board of Ordnance Plans,
Edinburgh Castle (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Maps, Military