Belfast harbour & Holywood. Now airport—Troubles military map—MOD—RE 1979
£70
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Belfast and vicinity town plan 1:2,500 — Sheet 130-7 [Belfast harbour estate and Holywood outskirts, site of Belfast City Airport]
A Troubles-era British Army map of Belfast harbour and the Holywood approaches, prepared by the Royal Engineers and printed in January 1979, during an era of repeated IRA attacks on police and troops. Here the focus is Belfast’s industrial shoreline: storage-tank compounds, service roads, railway embankments and reclaimed ground. The Army revised the Ordnance Survey base using aerial photographs and Headquarters Northern Ireland information. Its military legend separates roofless ruins from habitable derelict buildings, flagging possible concealment for gunmen, weapons and explosive devices; archways identify covered passages, alongside symbols for telephone boxes and police stations. Orange roads and a 100-metre grid facilitate precise reporting and patrol planning across industrial and suburban terrain. The “Limited Distribution” notice expressly restricts release outside government service.
Size 81 x 105 cm | 31.5 x 41.0 inches
Date Published: January 1979
Type: Original late-1970s folding military town plan in printed colours
Author: Royal Engineers
Publication: Belfast and vicinity town plans—GSGS 5086
Condition: Good |
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