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Barbados. 3 sheets of plans and drawings of Saint Ann's Castle: (1) sections, showing...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/944
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- MR 1/944
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1786
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Description (What the record is about)
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Barbados. 3 sheets of plans and drawings of Saint Ann's Castle: (1) sections, showing Colonel Gordon's scheme for fortifying the castle; (2) ground and upper floor plans, showing Colonel Gordon's project; (3) plan of the castle and its environs, showing land as far away as Charles Fort on Carlisle Bay. Scale: 1 inch to 20 feet [1:240] (some sections); 1 inch to 50 feet [1:600] (remainder). Drawn by: (1, 3) Lieutenant Robert D'Arcy, Royal Engineers; (2) F C Rhodes. Dimensions: (1) 67 cm x 101.5 cm; (2) 40 cm x 91.5 cm; (3) 152.5 cm x 118.5 cm.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- WO 78/1782
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- MS, coloured
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 3206
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559971/
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