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Ionian Islands (now part of Greece): Corfu (Kerkyra). Nine sheets of drawings showing...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/576
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 78/576
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1860
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Description (What the record is about)
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Ionian Islands (now part of Greece): Corfu (Kerkyra). Nine sheets of drawings showing restoration work proposed to be undertaken to fortifications: (1) plan showing of the Enceinte of Corfu; (2) sheet of sections relating to item (1); (3) plan of Fort Salvador; (4) sheet of sections relating to item (3); (5) plan of the Old Raymond Bastion, intended to be restored as an independent fort; (6-7) two sheets of sections relating to item (5); (8) plan of Fort Abraham, showing work proposed in a project; (9) sheet of sections relating to item (8). Scale: (1) 1 inch to 120 feet [1:1,440]; (2, 4, 6-7, 9) 1 inch to 20 feet [1:240]; (3, 5, 8) 1 inch to 40 feet [1:480]. Drawn by: (1-2) Lieutenant Charles Edward Luard, Royal Engineers, 10 October 1860; (3-4) Lieutenant C Crawford, Royal Engineers, 19 October 1860; (5-7) Lieutenant Luard, August 1860; (8-9) Lieutenant George Watts Stockley, Royal Engineers, 17 August 1860. Each sheet signed by Colonel George Wynne, Commanding Royal Engineer, 19 October 1860. Dimensions: (1) 50 cm x 61 cm; (2) 50 cm x 75 cm; (3) 75 cm x 98 cm; (4) 70 cm x 92 cm; (5) 82 cm x 92 cm; (6) 67 cm x 92 cm; (7) 83 cm x 92 cm; (8) 94 cm x 29 cm; (9) 94 cm x 144 cm.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- D 9
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured, on tracing cloth
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entries 2401-2404
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3269512/
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War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans
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