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This room contains over 6,000 of the most important historical maps of Ireland, varying in scale and size from the outline of a single building to maps of the entire island. The Map Room includes printed and manuscript maps, topographical maps as well as nautical charts.
British First World War Trench Maps, 1915-1918. Maps of the Western Front in the Great War depicting British and German trenches. Browse the maps: As individual sheets using a zoomable map. As zoomable overlays of each map on a modern satellite or map layer. By map series and sheet lists. See also:
28 mar 2022 · The Western Front Association is delighted to announce the launch of a large Great War mapping project. The new website is free to use and displays British, French and German trench maps, aerial photographs, maps from the official history, hand drawn maps and others all georeferenced against mode...
The Ordnance Survey (OS) was established in 1824, under the direction of Colonel Thomas Colby, assisted by Lieutenant Thomas Larcom, to undertake a townland survey of Ireland and to map the entire country at a scale of 6 inches to one mile. The cartographic element of the OS project was completed by 1842, and a full set of maps exists for each ...
Historical maps of Ireland, with a set of historical and current basemaps, also overlays of historic maps over more modern maps, with transparency and swipe options. Taylor’s map of the environs of Dublin – 1816.
If you have found a trench map reference like B.30.a 3.5 or X.2.a.34.12 in family or military histories, war diaries etc, this document will help find where that is. Introduction. The trench maps used in the Great War resulted from the exigencies of war, they were not best suited to their purpose.
The most comprehensive, topographic mapping covering all of Ireland, and Northern Ireland, from the 1820s to the 1960s. For later six-inch mapping of Northern Ireland from the 1960s, view the Irish Grid Series (1960s-1970s). Browse the maps: As individual sheets using a zoomable map of Ireland.
