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Ireland: County Donegal (now in Republic of Ireland), County Londonderry (now in...
Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/266
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This record is about the Ireland: County Donegal (now in Republic of Ireland), County Londonderry (now in... dating from [1803] in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to extra large flat storage from various.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MPHH 1/266
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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 Donegal (now in Republic of Ireland), County Londonderry (now in Northern Ireland). Sketch map of the Bay of Lough Swilly: showing Londonderry, gun range and soundings. Copied from a drawing in the Royal Engineers Office at Dublin; part surveyed and part sketched by Captain Robert Smith, Assistant RE, Lough Swilly. Drawn to accompany Colonel Twiss's Report on Ireland, January 1803. Approximate scale: 1 inch to 1,120 yards. (2)-(3) Duplicates of (1). Dimensions: (1) 104.1 cm x 66.5 cm; (2) 104.1 cm x 71.6 cm; (3) 100.6 cm x 66.5 cm
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- X 41/13
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- WO 78/1832
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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)
- 1:40320
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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 3844
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4561370/
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