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Catalogue reference: WO 78/2420/1
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Spain: Minorca (Menorca): Mahón (Maó). 3 sheets of plans elevations and sections...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/1015/3-5
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This record is about the Spain: Minorca (Menorca): Mahón (Maó). 3 sheets of plans elevations and sections... dating from 1860-1869 in the series War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans. 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)
- WO 78/1015/3-5
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1860-1869
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Description (What the record is about)
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Spain: Minorca (Menorca): Mahón (Maó). 3 sheets of plans elevations and sections of fortifications: (3) plan and elevation of a battery; (4) 'Draw-out Elevation of the Works at Main Gate reentering Angle Port Mahon Citadel ...': sheet also bearing a further elevation and 7 sections; (5) Sheet bearing a plan and elevation of a casemated salient and a plan and elevation of a ten-gun point battery. Descriptive reference notes to item (3). Scale: (3) 1 inch to 40 feet [1:480]; (4) 3 inches to 40 feet [1:160]; (5) 1 inch to 26 feet [1:312]. All items signed: [Captain] J C Cowell, [Royal Engineers], 30 January 1860. A note on item (3) states that these drawings were presented by Lieutenant Colonel Elphinstone. All items stamped by the Topographical Department, War Office, 2 August 1869.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Spain/Fortified Towns & Forts/62
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 27 cm x 32 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- 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: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 4340. Extract reference originally printed as MR 1/166/3; document subsequently reverted to WO 78/1015/3-5
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9448323/
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WO 78
War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans
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