Monument record 0225100000 - C400M SE COLDHARBOUR FARM

Summary

Rifle butts marked on late nineteenth century maps

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  • RIFLE BUTTS (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

RIFLE BUTT SHOWN ON MAPS. MARKS 'RIFLE BUTT' IN E HALF OF 'FRIZZLES GROUND' (B1).
1884 1st edition 6-inch and 1880 25-inch OS maps show firing positions at 100, 150, 200, 250, 400, 500, 600, 650, 700 and 800 yards, with the butt earthworks and position of the mantlets. 1st edition 6-inch OS map labels range as 'Volunteers' Rifle Range' (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC14713 Bibliographic reference: SMYTH W H 1864 ADDENDA TO AEDES HARTWELLIANAE PLIV (PLOT OF THE FARMS AROUND HARTWELL).
  • <2>SBC25080 Verbal communication: Mike Farley. 2018. Information from historic OS maps, October 2018.

Location

Grid reference SP 79617 13447 (point)
Civil Parish HARTWELL, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 1 2018 3:40PM

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