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Ireland: County Cork: Spike Island (Inís Pic). Five sheets of maps and sections showing...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/1382
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This record is about the Ireland: County Cork: Spike Island (Inís Pic). Five sheets of maps and sections showing... dating from 1803 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 1/1382
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1803
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Description (What the record is about)
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Ireland: County Cork: Spike Island (Inís Pic). Five sheets of maps and sections showing defences. (5) Map showing hachures, existing defences and a proposed new hexagon-shaped defence work; damaged at the lower right-hand corner. (4) Irregular-shaped overlay, affixed to the face of item (5), shows an alternative proposal for a pentagon-shaped defence work. (1) Sections of each face of the hexagon. (3) Sections of each face of the pentagon. (2) Section on a line from Spike Island to Ringaskiddy (Rinn an Scidígh). Reference table to item (5); partly missing. Scale: (1, 3) 1 inch to 20 feet [1:240]; (2, 4-5) 1 inch to 100 feet [1:1,200]. Compass indicator to item (5). Dimensions: (1) 64.5 cm x 96 cm; (2) 30 cm x 172.5 cm; (3) 64.5 cm x 97.5 cm; (4) 33 cm x 42 cm; (5) 90 cm x 100.5 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 78/854
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- 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), entry 3816
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4560409/
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series...
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Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from records of various departments
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