Hand-tinted copy of an antiquarian map showing Portland Castle, the Isle of Portland and the adjoining coastline as extant in 1716, created from a copy made in 1741

Date:: 1860 - 1890

Location:: Portland Castle, Castle Road, Portland, Castletown, Weymouth and Portland, Dorset

Reference:: MP/POT0005

Type:: Measured Drawing

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Description

The map shows the coastline from Dartmouth in the west to Poole in the east. The map is signed 'Richard Coombs' but it is unclear whether he created the original map or hand-tinted this particular copy.

Content

This is part of the Volume: PF/POT Portland Castle, Dorset; within the Series: EHC01/022 English Heritage Plans and Measured Drawings; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(EH):Archive

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Keywords

Tudor Artillery Fort