Monument record MDO27147 - Rifle Range, Tarrant Monkton

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Summary

A Rifle Range shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1885. Part is in Tarrant Launceston parish. Two indistinct sub-circular earthworks visible on a 1928 aerial photograph may be the targets recorded on the OS 1885 map and the features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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A Rifle Range shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1885. Part is in Tarrant Launceston parish [1]. Two indistinct sub-circular earthworks visible on a 1928 aerial photograph may be the targets recorded on the OS 1885 map and the features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project [2].

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  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Crawford, O G S. 17-JUL-1928. CCC 8837/422.

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Location

Grid reference Centred ST 9199 0835 (132m by 372m)
Map sheet ST90NW
Civil Parish Tarrant Monkton; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Nov 28 2022 3:24PM

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