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Two plans of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. (1) 'Sketch of the Gallows Hill near...

Catalogue reference: MPH 1/553

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MPH 1/553
Date
1813
Description

Two plans of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. (1) 'Sketch of the Gallows Hill near Aberdeen - on which the Corporation have a private Magazine ...'. Scale: 5 inches to 200 feet. (2) 'Sketch of the Harbour of Aberdeen Shewing the Situation of the proposed New Battery for Six 24 Pounders on traverse Carriages with a Magazine, Guard house and Conductor's Quarters in the Rear': plan and section. Also shows lines of fire from existing and proposed batteries. Reference table to batteries. Scale: plan 6.5 inches to about 1,000 yards; section 1 inch to 30 feet. Compass indicator. Both produced in the Royal Engineers Office, Edinburgh, 23 July 1813 and accompanied Major [J Carmichael-]Smyth's letter of 12 August 1813 to Lt General Mann. Dimensions of sheets: (1) 25.4 cm x 29 cm; (2) 50.8 cm x 66 cm.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
WO 78/1806
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Archives and libraries
Army
Maps and plans
Armed Forces (General Administration)
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: I. British Isles, c.1410-1860 (London, 1967), entry 4001
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4562360/

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