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| HER Number: | MDV35208 |
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| Name: | Rifle Range North of Round Hill Cleave |
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Summary
Rifle Range shown on early 20th century Ordnance Survey map. Associated structures survive in Chawleigh Barton Wood.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 703 137 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS71SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Chawleigh |
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| Civil Parish | Chulmleigh |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CHULMLEIGH |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CHAWLEIGH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS71SW/43
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- RIFLE RANGE (XIX to XX - 1801 AD to 2000 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Rifle Range not shown.
Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.
'Rifle Range' shown.
Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.
Structure visible in woodland at south-east end of rifle range.
Hunt, D., 2011, Re: Rifle Ranges, 3 (Correspondence). SDV347469.
The range at Chawleigh is described as a standard 'classification' gallery (target markers' shelter) range with counter-balanced target frames for 4 feet targets.
Aldridge, M., Unknown, Target Markers' Shelter, Chawleigh Barton Wood (Ground Photograph). SDV350930.
Photographs of the structures in Chawleigh Barton Woods.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV325644 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV342938 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946 - 1949. Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Digital). |
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| SDV347469 | Correspondence: Hunt, D.. 2011. Re: Rifle Ranges. Email to A. Mayfield. A4 Stapled. 3. |
| SDV350930 | Ground Photograph: Aldridge, M.. Unknown. Target Markers' Shelter, Chawleigh Barton Wood. Photograph (Paper). |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 11 2013 11:35AM |
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