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SOMALIA 4. Plan of Taleh Fort and photographs showing present state of preservation,...

Catalogue reference: CO 1069/11

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Reference
CO 1069/11
Date
1958
Description

SOMALIA 4. Plan of Taleh Fort and photographs showing present state of preservation, 1958. (1) 2 plans on one sheet showing (a) the general lay-out of Taleh and (b) the layout of the main fort at Taleh. Scales: (a) no scale shown; (b) 1 inch to 50 feet. Compass indicator. Drawn by W Davis, PWD Hargeisa, 13 February 1958. Blueprint. Dimensions: 27 cm x 60 cm. (2) 'Taleh'. Panorama, looking east, with sketch drawings below indicating position of significant buildings. (3) 'Dawad'. Ruins of walls to prison and well. (4) Daar Illalo. 'Lookout Post'. Two towers situated to the east of the fort. (5) 'Falad'. Ruins of the Mullah's house. (6) 'Silsilad'. Walls and buidlings forming the main fort. View from the north east. (7) 'Silsilad'. Walls and buidlings forming the main fort. View from the south east. (8) 'Silsilad'. Composite of two photographs showing panorama of fort viewed from the north. (9) Daar Illalo. 'Lookout Post'. View from above the two towers looking south. (10) Man walking away from the fort. Album also includes accompanying memorandum dated 22 May, 1958, from the Governor's Deputy to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Physical description
8 photograph(s)
Restrictions on use
Photographs may remain in copyright
Dimensions
17x31cm to 26x31cm
Access conditions
Open on Transfer
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
International
Prisons
Africa
Unpublished finding aids
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Library: Photograph Collection Catalogue: Africa. Somalia 4
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11291609/

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