The great model of the Dockyard at Sheerness is one of the most extraordinary objects in the history of the Royal Navy. Probably built by craftsmen and apprentices working at the Yard, was made to a scale of 1:60 and (when fully assembled) it measures 40ft. long by 36ft. wide. At such a large scale it shows the buildings in great detail, from the individual oak piles that were an essential part of the vast engineering works necessary to found the buildings on the muds and quicksands of the site to the detailing of the interior of important buildings (some even have fireplaces and painted rooms).
