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Fifteen sheets of plans and sections of redoubts on the Isle of Leon, Spain; the...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/487
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This record is about the Fifteen sheets of plans and sections of redoubts on the Isle of Leon, Spain; the... dating from [1811] in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MPH 1/487
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1811]
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Fifteen sheets of plans and sections of redoubts on the Isle of Leon, Spain; the redoubts are numbered 1-3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11-15; one is unnumbered. Scale: plans 1 inch to 40 feet [1:480] and 1 inch to 20 feet [1:240]; sections 1 inch to 20 feet [1:240] and 1 inch to 10 feet [1:120]. One sheet is signed by Thomas J.H. Pitts, Lt RE, and another by J. Vetch, Lt RE. All endorsed as having been received from Major Birch, 27 April 1811. Dimensions of sheets: between 27.5 cm x 41 cm and 73 cm x 53 cm.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- WO 78/1668
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 4280.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4562294/
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