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County Cavan: Castlerahan. Map of 'The Barony of Castle Rahin', showing bog and woodland,...
Catalogue reference: MPF 1/55
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This record is about the County Cavan: Castlerahan. Map of 'The Barony of Castle Rahin', showing bog and woodland,... dating from 1609 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MPF 1/55
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1609
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Description (What the record is about)
- County Cavan: Castlerahan. Map of 'The Barony of Castle Rahin', showing bog and woodland, and castles, churches and mountains in perspective. Names of properties given. Title on scroll. Black and green border. No scale shown. Compass arrow. Made by the Commission of 1609 for the plantation of Ulster. 1 item extracted from SP 64/2 (item 21). To view papers accompanying this map, visit https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/irish-maps-c1558-c1610/
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 41.7 cm x 57.1 cm
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- 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: I. British Isles, c.1410-1860, (London, 1967), entry 3784. F W Harris, 'The Commission of 1609 Legal Aspects', in Studia Hibernica, no 20, 1980.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3981999/
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MPF 1
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