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[Ireland]. 'Plan No 5 of a redoubt ...': plan, sections and details, all on one sheet....
Catalogue reference: WO 78/963
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- WO 78/963
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1805]
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Description (What the record is about)
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[Ireland]. 'Plan No 5 of a redoubt ...': plan, sections and details, all on one sheet. Scale: 1 inch to 40 feet. Endorsed: 'No 8. Project for Redoubt. Capt. Birch 1805'; according to the War Office map docket book (which was the original means of reference to the War Office maps), this is one of a set of plans of Irish fortifications received from Captain John Francis Birch in 1805; the location of this redoubt has not been identified.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- C 32
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- 1:480
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- MS, coloured
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- Open Document, Open Description
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