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Ireland: County Sligo (Sligeach). (40) 'Relative sketch of the positions of Old Fort...

Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/520/40-43

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MFQ 1/520/40-43
Date
1846-1852
Description

Ireland: County Sligo (Sligeach). (40) 'Relative sketch of the positions of Old Fort as let to Mr. Wynne and of Green Fort': map also showing a cavalry barracks. Scale: 1 inch to about 303 yards. (41-43) 'Plan of Ordnance Land at Sligo': 3 copies, showing stores, a stable and barracks. Scale: 1 inch to 20 feet [1:240]. Compass indicators to all items. Item 41 marked: 'Copied from a Plan in the Office of Commg Royal Engineer of Ireland date unknown'. Item 43 marked: 'Rec'd 14 Feby. 1825'; this apparently refers to the plan from which it was copied. Items 40-41 and 43 signed: Captain W Williams, Royal Engineers; and initialled: B R B. Originally enclosed: (40-41) in a letter from Colonel G G Lewis, Royal Engineers, 26 March 1846; (42) in a letter from T W Barlow, Solicitor, to R Byham, Inspector General of Fortifications, 15 April 1846; (43) in a letter from Barlow dated 12 May 1852.

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical condition
MS, coloured on tracing paper
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9413499/

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