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NAI Ordnance Survey

description

An archive generated by the mapping (from 1830) of the country at 6 inches to the mile and some town plans at various scales. It contains drawings, calculations and surveyors' notebooks. Some of the collection is available online, but access to the rest is by finding aid.

subject terms

maps ; plans ; notebooks ; surveying

name

Larcom, Sir Thomas

place

Ireland

content date

1830 -

accumulation date

1830 -

language

English

type of material

Thousands of items stored under appropriate archival conditions. The maps are stored in drawers. Finding-Aid, Archive, Image, Text

accrual status

Open

strengths

The archive contains details of the earliest mapping of the whole country, all unavailable elsewhere.

SUPER COLLECTION

National Archives of Ireland

OWNER

National Archives of Ireland

POSTAL ADDRESS

Bishop Street, Dublin 8, Republic of Ireland

URL

Home page URL: Click here for Live link

ACCESS CONDITIONS

The collection is freely available to the public from 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Monday to Friday. There is no ILL or photocopying facility, but photography may be arranged on request.

ADMINISTRATOR

Frances McGee, Archivist, National Archives ; Tel: 00353 1 4072300 ; Fax: 00353 1 4072333 ; Email address: mail@nationalarchives.ie