Inverness-shire-Inverness-1747
CBTM:
21801
Map Date:
[1747]
Repository reference:
BLML K.Top.50.9.B
Historic county:
Inverness-shire
Town name:
Inverness
Map type:
Military
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NH667454
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NH 6646
Map title:
'A plan of Inverness and Oliver's Fort with the ground adjacent'.
Comments on map:
Accompanies A report of Oliver's Fort at Inverness, by William Skinner, 30 May 1747. Usual Ordnance style.
Scale:
1:3600
Map-maker:
[William Skinner [? author].].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
74.2 x 53.2
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
'standard' colour scheme, land-use, decorative
Buildings:
noticeably generalised: Buildings in some detail: good town morphography.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only: Not obtrusive.
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries: Including Fort George, blown up by the rebels.
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
BLML K.Top.50.9b.
Gardens:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: A 'scroll'.
Relief:
slopes shown
Ordnance Survey's
1867
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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