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`Diagram showing the Principal Triangulation for the Ordnance Trignometrical Survey...
Catalogue reference: OS 5/27
What’s it about?
This record is about the `Diagram showing the Principal Triangulation for the Ordnance Trignometrical Survey... dating from [c?1860] in the series Ordnance Survey: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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OS 5/27
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Date (When the record was created)
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[c?1860]
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Description (What the record is about)
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`Diagram showing the Principal Triangulation for the Ordnance Trignometrical Survey of Great Britain and Ireland.' Outline map with trigonometrical points named. 1 inch to 24 miles.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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Engraved
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
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68.5 cm x 101.5 cm
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
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Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Maps and plans
- Ireland
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2391596/
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Series information
OS 5
Ordnance Survey: Maps and Plans
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Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
278,790 records
Within the department: OS
Records of the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain
235 records
Within the series: OS 5
Ordnance Survey: Maps and Plans
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`Diagram showing the Principal Triangulation for the Ordnance Trignometrical Survey...
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