Rifle Range

HER Number

4225

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Rifle Range

Place

Walbottle

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

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, up to 600 yards long appears on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan of the area, but is not shown on the 1st edition plan, indicating that it dates from after 1858.

Easting

416690

Northing

566160

Grid Reference

NZ416690566160

Sources

<< HER 4225 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 96, NE