Item
Cover originally containing MPH 1/206/2-6.
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/206/1
Date: [19th century]
Cover originally containing MPH 1/206/2-6.
Item
Two sketch plans of Fort Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), drawn to accompany the...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/867/11-12
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MPH 1/867/11-12
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1853-1854
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Description (What the record is about)
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Two sketch plans of Fort Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), drawn to accompany the Commanding Royal Engineer's letter no 2 of 12 January 1854 to the Inspector General of Fortifications concerning the formation of a ramp at. Shows most of Fort Colombo. (11) Shows the south-east part of the fort: named bastions; Ordnance and private buildings. Scale: 4.5 inches to 600 feet. Compass indicator. Signed by John Isaac Hope, Lt Col CRE, 12 January 1854. (2) Shows the Infantry Barracks and Rotterdam Magazine. With a section. Scale: 1 inch to 10 feet. Signed by Hope, 17 December 1853. Dimensions of sheets: (11) 33 cm x 37 cm; (12) 42 cm x 56 cm.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- MS, coloured on tracing paper
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- Open Document, Open Description
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