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Photo 146/1(308)

Record Id:

041-003049962

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003049654

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100025648639.0x0009cf

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 146/1(308)

Title:

The Fort of Ancola, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.

Scope & Content:

Extract from Memoir of a Field Officer – “The fort of Ancola or Ancowla, before which we shortly appeared, was one of those posts, which if resolutely defended, was not to be reduced without the aid of artillery. It was in complete repair, consisting of a wall and towers of solid masonry, covered all round with tiled roofs, which rendered it very difficult to escalade; and this was considered our only resource, as we had not with us even a single field piece.” 1783

The Killedar contented himself with two or three salvoes from his cannon and abandoned the fort during the night. Before the British force left Ancola the fort was dismantled and much of the walls and bastions blown up. Very thoroughly, as it would seem from their appearance to day (1935).

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003049654
040-003049655
041-003049962

Is part of:

Photo 146 : Thomas Walters Venn Collection: Photographs of Western India. Photographer(s): Venn, Thomas Walters
Photo 146/1 : Thomas Walters Venn Collection: 'Snapshot views of the West Coast of India'. Photographer(s): Venn, Thomas Walters

Photo 146/1(308) : The Fort of Ancola, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.

Hierarchy:

032-003049654[0001]/040-003049655[0307]/041-003049962

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 146

Record Type (Level):

Item

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

Not applicable

Techniques:

Gelatin Silver Print
Photograph
Photographic Print

Start Date:

1935

End Date:

1935

Date Range:

1935

Era:

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