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Edinburgh. (1) 'Plan of the Inclosed Battery or Redoubt near Leith built for the...

Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/199/1and3

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MPHH 1/199/1and3
Date
[1780-? late 18th century]
Description

Edinburgh. (1) 'Plan of the Inclosed Battery or Redoubt near Leith built for the Protection of the Harbour in the year 1780': plan and section, showing adjacent owners. Reference tables. Scale: 1 inch to 26 feet [1:312]. Compass indicator. Copy of an original signed by A Frazer, 31 December 1785. Amendment showing proposed quarter for the Commissary of Stores is affixed to the plan. Overlay: Plan of the Upper Story, positioned over the ground floor plan. (3) 'Plan of the Lands lying between Lieth [Leith] and Newhaven Shewing the situation of the Inclosed Battery or Redoubt Built in the Year 1780 for the Protection of the Harbour of Leith': showing adjacent owners. Approximate scale: 1 inch to 150 feet [1:1800]. Undated MS pencil additions. Compass indicators. Dimensions: (1) 49 cm x 68.6 cm; (3) 80.0 cm x 101.3 cm.

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For copies of (3) see MPHH 1/263

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
MPHH 1/199/1 and 3
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical condition
MS, coloured; (3) with later MS additions; (3) irregular
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: I. British Isles, c.1410-1860 (London, 1967), entry 4024
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9093769/

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