Fenham, Rifle Range

HER Number

4300

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Fenham, Rifle Range

Place

Fenham

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

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 200 yard Rifle Range is shown at this location on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, but is absent from the 1st edition plan, indicating that it was built after 1858.

Easting

421420

Northing

565880

Grid Reference

NZ421420565880

Sources

<< HER 4300 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97, NW