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Four sheets of drawings of the Seymour Tower Battery, built on the Avaraison Rock...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/673
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This record is about the Four sheets of drawings of the Seymour Tower Battery, built on the Avaraison Rock... dating from [1782] 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 1/673
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1782]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Four sheets of drawings of the Seymour Tower Battery, built on the Avaraison Rock east of Jersey, Channel Islands. (1) Plan. (2) Elevation of the north-east front. Scale: 1 inch to 6 feet. (3, 4) Sections. Scale: 1 inch to 6 feet. Drawn by Francis Lauzun. Dimensions of sheets: (1) 44 cm x 59.4 cm; (2) 38.6 cm x 37.6 cm; (3) 43.4 cm x 44.7 cm; (4) 43 cm x 44.5 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 78/348
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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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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:72
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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 2395
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4562480/
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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