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Scotland: Perthshire and Argyllshire (including areas now in Stirling District)....
Catalogue reference: MR 1/479
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This record is about the Scotland: Perthshire and Argyllshire (including areas now in Stirling District).... dating from 1749-1751 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series.... 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)
- MR 1/479
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1749-1751
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Description (What the record is about)
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Scotland: Perthshire and Argyllshire (including areas now in Stirling District). Five items. (1) 'Remarks on the Country between Callender [i.e. Callander] and the Head of Loch Lubnegue [Lubnaig], thor' which the Kings Road was carried ...': sheet of notes. (2-5) Four maps of portions of the King's Road between Fort William and Stirling. (2) 'A Plan of Part of the New Road from Sterling [sic] to Fort-William ...': showing the road alongside Glen Dochart from Innishewan past Ardchyle to Lairig Cheile. Title in a shield-shaped cartouche. (3) Showing the road through the Leny Pass and alongside Loch Lubnaig. (4-5) Two copies of a map showing the road from Ben More through Tyndrum to Loch Tulla; a portion at the upper edge of item (4) is missing. Scale: (2) 1 inch to 600 yards [1:21,600]; (3) 1 inch to 200 yards [1:7,200]; (4-5) 1 inch to 400 yards [1:14,400]. Compass indicators to each of items (2-4); west at the top of item (2). Surveyed by: (2) five companies of Colonel Bocland's Regiment, 1750; (3) a detachment of Lord George Sackville's Regiment, 1749; (4-5) five companies of the Buffs and five companies of Colonel Rich's regiments in the summer 1751. All items, including (1) by Harry Gordon, Engineer. Sheet sizes between 177 cm x 75 cm and 32 cm x 20 cm.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- WO 78/1905
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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
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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), entries 4009 (items 4-5) and 4085 (items 2-3). Extract reference for entry 4085 erroneously given as MR 1/479/1-2
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559506/
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Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from records of various departments
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series...
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Scotland: Perthshire and Argyllshire (including areas now in Stirling District)....
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