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Summary

Rifle Range depicted on the Ordnance Survey 1880s map. In use during the Second World War.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY29NE/241

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• RIFLE RANGE (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD)

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Rifle Range shown on 1880s-90s Ordnance Survey map. Targets and 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700 yard markers are also depicted.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 1904-1906 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV63521.

200, 500 and 600 yard markers are depicted on the 1904-06 Ordnance Survey map.

Humphry, S., 2024, Rifle Range, Kilmington (Correspondence). SDV365957.

Image of Rifle Range at Marsh Farm, Kilmington which show a local Home Guard exercise, circa 1942.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV365957	Correspondence: Humphry, S.. 2024. Rifle Range, Kilmington. Additional information for HER. Email.
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SDV63521	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 1904-1906 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch map. Map (Digital).

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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