Monkton, Rifle Range

HER Number

2551

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Monkton, Rifle Range

Place

Monkton

Map Sheet

NZ36SW

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

A 400 yard rifle range which is not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was operational from after the survey date of 1855.

Easting

433180

Northing

563970

Grid Reference

NZ433180563970

Sources

<< HER 2551 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3, SE