See important
guidance on the use of this record.
If you have any comments or new information about this record, please email us.
HER Number: | MDV72932 |
---|
Name: | Rifle range at Rix, Tiverton |
---|
Summary
Site of a rifle range shown on late 19th and early 20th century Ordnance Survey maps.
Location
Grid Reference: | SS 952 139 |
---|
Map Sheet: | SS91SE |
---|
Admin Area | Devon |
---|
Civil Parish | Tiverton |
---|
District | Mid Devon |
---|
Ecclesiastical Parish | TIVERTON |
---|
Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- RIFLE RANGE (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
A V-shaped Rifle Range is shown, with butts at 300 and 600 yards, and meeting just to the north of Castle Gate House.
Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.
'Rifle Range (Disused)' shown.
Doggett, N., 1983, The North Devon Link Road (Stage One). Sampford Peverell to Tiverton, F.26 (Un-published). SDV363254.
The line of the rifle range was cut by the North Devon Link Road. Shown as disused on the 1905 25 inch Ordance Survey map, no trace of the range remained on the ground.
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). |
|
| |
SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #100328 ] |
|
| |
Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | Nov 6 2019 10:25AM |
---|
Search results generated by the HBSMR Gateway from exeGesIS SDM Ltd.