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Two (differently coloured) copies of a map: 'March of the Royal Army in Scotland...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/491
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This record is about the Two (differently coloured) copies of a map: 'March of the Royal Army in Scotland... dating from [c.1746] 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 1/491
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c.1746]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Two (differently coloured) copies of a map: 'March of the Royal Army in Scotland with an exact Plan of their different encampments from Cullen to the Isle of Skie [Skye]', covering the area - in Inverness-shire, Nairnshire, Morayshire and Banffshire (now in Highland and Moray) - between Loch Duich and the River Spey. Scale: 6 inches to 7 miles. Compass indicator. (1) By D Paterson, [?1746]; (2) probably made at a later date. Insets: (i) plans of encampments at: Inverness, Nairn and Cullen, and the northern and southern ends of Loch Ness; (ii) plan of the battlefield at Culloden [16 April 1746], showing the positions and movements of Jacobite and British Army forces. Insets to scale: 1 inch to 350 yards [1:12,600]. Dimensions: (1) 51 cm x 148 cm; (2) 48 cm x 144.5 cm.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Item (2) precedes item (1).
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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 78/1828
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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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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:73920
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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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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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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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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 4049
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559518/
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