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:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

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:
3695

Northing:
6392

Grid Reference:
NZ36956392

Lats/Lons:

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