Ryhope, rifle range
Ryhope, rifle range
HER Number
16551
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Ryhope, rifle range
Place
Ryhope
Map Sheet
NZ45SW
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 rifle range first appears on historic mapping before World War I but is not marked by the 1950′s. The range would probably have been in use during the First World War. An application made in the late 19th century for the use of the foreshore as a rifle range is lodged with the National Archives.
Easting
441790
Northing
552720
Grid Reference
NZ441790552720
Sources
www.durhamatwar.org.uk/story/2884; http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C3361020