West Harton, Rifle Range

HER Number

2477

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

West Harton, Rifle Range

Place

West Harton

Map Sheet

NZ36SE

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Military Training Site

Site Type: Specific

Firing Range

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This 1000 yard Rifle Range at West Harton, with associated buildings is not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was presumably built after 1855.

Easting

436950

Northing

563920

Grid Reference

NZ436950563920

Sources

<< HER 2477 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4, SW; English Heritage, 2008, Hadrian's Wall National Mapping Programme, 1403730; Aerial Photograph RAF 540/1381 0204 07-AUG-1954