A Plan of Fort George and part of the town of Inverness : with proper sections relating to the fort anno 1732 [copy] /
Romer, John Lambertus,1680-1754.
cartographic

1732.
This is a copy of the plan at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/34a, which could be contemporary with the original. The handwriting may not be that of John Romer. The sheet is in two parts. The left hand part shows a map of the town of Inverness and part of the River Ness, with a plan of Fort George. The right hand part shows elevations and sections of the main entrance to the fort, the chapel and the sally port.
In top left hand corner of plan of town and fort: hand printed in box, title, surveyor's signature, date and "Explanation", with code letters and a list of the streets and buildings to which they refer. It contains the information "Fort George Scituated on Castle Hill, Founded the 7th of August in ye year 1727".
In bottom left hand corner of plan of town and fort: written in ink "(21)".
In bottom right hand corner of plan of town and fort: two scale statements and two scale bars in box.
First scale statement reads "Scale of Feet to the Plan", with scale bar graded 100-50-0-100-300.
Second scale statement reads "Scale of Feet to the Sections", with scale bar graded 10-5-0-10-20-100.
In middle of river: "B.O" with upwards arrow, stamped in red.
In top right hand corner of sections and elevations: library shelfmark written in ink.
In bottom right hand corner of sections and elevations: "B: 4: F 37" written in ink.
Has watermarks.
Tabraham Chris. Fortress Scotland and the Jacobites, 1995,
National Library of Scotland. War Office Inventory,
Shows Inverness and the River Ness, with part of Fort George.
Board of Ordnance Plans,
Maps, Military