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Fourteen sheets of drawings of The Hexagon on Spike Island, Cork, County Cork, Ireland....
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/558
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This record is about the Fourteen sheets of drawings of The Hexagon on Spike Island, Cork, County Cork, Ireland.... dating from 1808 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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MPH 1/558
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1808
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Description (What the record is about)
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Fourteen sheets of drawings of The Hexagon on Spike Island, Cork, County Cork, Ireland. There are two sets, each consisting of drawings numbered 1-6: one set consists of originals and one of copies. (1) Copy of (2). (2) No 4: end elevation of officers' barracks. Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet. (3) Copy of (14) at a reduced scale of 1 inch to 100 feet. Annotated: accompanying Lt Colonel Fenwick's letter of 2 May 1808 to Lt General Morse. (4) Copy of (10). (5) Copy of (8). (6) No 3: section and elevations of officers' barracks. Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet. (7) Copies of (9) and (11) on one sheet. (8) No 6: section and elevations of soldiers' barracks. Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet. (9) No 2: plan of lower floor of officers' barracks. Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet. (10) No 5: floor plans of soldiers' barracks. Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet. (11) No 2: plan of upper floor of officers' barracks. Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet. (12) Second copy of (14) at reduced scale. (13) Copy of (6). (14) No 1: outline plan of the fort. Scale: 1 inch to 50 feet. All stamped in the offices of the Board of Ordnance and the Inspector General of Fortifications.
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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 78/1814
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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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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 52.8 cm x 71.4 cm
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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 3819
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4562365/
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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Fourteen sheets of drawings of The Hexagon on Spike Island, Cork, County Cork, Ireland....
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