A Plan of Edinburgh Castle [copy] /
Romer, John Lambertus,1680-1754.
cartographic

[post 1737]
Plan showing the whole of Edinburgh Castle, with the upper part of the High Street, including the houses and lanes. According to a note pencilled on the plan in 1818, it is a copy of a plan done by John Romer, in 1737, which is now missing.
At right hand side: written in ink, inside a scroll, title, with "Explanation", listing the code letters used on the plan and the buildings they refer to.
In top right hand corner: written in ink, "The Grass Market where Capt. Porteus was murdered."
In bottom right hand corner: written in ink "Bo.4:Fo.3".
To left of "Explanation", along bottom of plan: written in ink, scale statement "A Scale of 100 Feet to an Inch", and scale bar graded [0]-50-100-500.
Above scale statement: written in pencil, "This plan appears to be a Copy of the Plan Signed J.R, 1737" with an unreadable monogramme and the date 1818.
In bottom left hand corner: written in ink "4".
At left hand side: "B.O" stamped in red, with an upwards arrow.
In top left hand corner: library shelfmark written in ink.
Has watermarks.
National Library of Scotland. List of Plans Transferred to HM Office of Works, March 1903,
Shows the whole of Edinburgh Castle, with the upper part of the High Street, including the houses and lanes.
Board of Ordnance Plans,
Porteous, John, -1736.
Edinburgh Castle (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Maps, Military