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Monument Number 915827
Hob Uid: 915827
Location : East Riding of Yorkshire Mappleton
Grid Ref : TA2178145474
Summary : World War II rifle range for nearby training camp seen on 1945 air photograph. No trace by 1992.
More information : (TA 2172 4550) Rifle range. This rifle range, one of two associated to the nearby Rolston Camp training facility, was situated to the south of the main camp complex. It took the form of numerous firing points and a firing butt, all of earthwork construction. The site was plotted from aerial photographs dated 1945 by the Fortress Studies Group. They also visited the site in 1992 during the Holderness Survey, and found that no trace of the site remained. (1-1a) The monument is also visible as earthworks on air photographs examined as part of the Rapid Coastal Assessment Survey of the Yorkshire and Humber Estuary. Due to coastal erosion part of the monument no longer survives in situ. (2) Aerial Phtotgraphs show numerous firing points and a firing butt as earthworks. Destroyed by 1992. (3)

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Source Number : 1
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Source details : Roger Thomas/13-APR-1992/FSG,RCHME:Holderness Survey
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Source Number : 1a
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Source details : Aerial Photograph: Sortie 106G/LA216 4021-4022
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : RAF 613E/BR174 20 24-Mar-1941
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : Gazetteer Reference MA6, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Second World War
Display Date : World War II
Monument End Date : 1945
Monument Start Date : 1939
Monument Type : Firing Range
Evidence : Documentary Evidence, Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Humberside)
External Cross Reference Number : MHU18978
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TA 24 NW 54
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : THEMATIC SURVEY
Start Date : 1992-04-09
End Date : 1992-04-13

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2006-05-12
End Date : 2007-05-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 915827