Plans and sections of the several vaults and floors of the Governors and Lieut: Govrs: house, the Fort Majors, subaltern officers of the Invalids, and the Chaplains house, the soldiers barracks and the arsenal in the Edinburgh Castle 1754 : shewing to what use they are appropriated / survey'd by Chas. Tarrant
Tarrant, Charles,1730-1818.
cartographic

1754.
Plan of the vaults and floors of parts of Edinburgh Castle, including the houses for the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Fort Major, Chaplain, officers of the Invalids, as well as the arsenal and barracks, with elevations. This plan is part of a set of at least four done originally by Charles Tarrant. One at shelfmark MS.1645.Z.02/14a is the companion to this one, and one at shelfmark MS.1645.Z.02/14c shows buildings scheduled to be built in 1755. The fourth only exists as a copy done by Alfred Rae, at a later unknown date, and is at shelfmark MS.1645.Z.02/15.
In bottom left hand section: title and date lettered in ink.
Below title and date: scale bar drawn in pencil, graded [0]-5-10-100 Feet, and scale statement written in ink "Scale to the Plan and Sections 14 Feet to an Inch".
In bottom left hand corner: written in ink "Survey'd by Chas. Tarrant".
In top right hand corner: the library shelfmark written in ink, with a printed label "13" pasted over a pencil notation "No.[?]".
Shows Edinburgh Castle.
Board of Ordnance Plans,
Edinburgh Castle (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Maps, Military