Ryhope, rifle range

HER Number:
16551

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Ryhope, rifle range

Place:
Ryhope

Map Sheet:
NZ45SW

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Training Area

Site Type: Specific:
Firing Range

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

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:
4179

Northing:
5272

Grid Reference:
NZ41795272

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
www.durhamatwar.org.uk/story/2884; http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C3361020