Hebburn, Rifle Range

HER Number

2500

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Hebburn, Rifle Range

Place

Hebburn

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 200 yard Rifle Range at Hebburn. This is not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was built after 1855.

Easting

430240

Northing

564460

Grid Reference

NZ430240564460

Sources

<< HER 2500 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3, SW