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Barbados. Two sheets of drawings of proposed fortifications between Maycock's Gully...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/953
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This record is about the Barbados. Two sheets of drawings of proposed fortifications between Maycock's Gully... dating from 1787 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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- MR 1/953
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1787
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Description (What the record is about)
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Barbados. Two sheets of drawings of proposed fortifications between Maycock's Gully and the sea, near Saint Ann's Castle: (1) sections; (2) plan. Scale: (1) 1 inch to 50 feet [1:600]; (2) 1 inch to 100 feet [1:1,200]. [By] Lieutenant Robert D'Arcy, Royal Engineers, 22 February 1787. Dimensions: (1) 61 cm x 141.5 cm; (2) 99.5 cm x 68 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 78/1842
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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: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 3207
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559980/
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