South Shields, Rifle Range

HER Number:
2436

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Rifle Range

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

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:
A 400 yard Rifle Range within a Quarry (HER ref. 2390). It is not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was presumably built after 1855. Its presence suggests that the quarry was out of use by 1895, when it appears on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan.

Easting:
3845

Northing:
6648

Grid Reference:
NZ38456648

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2436 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4, NW