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Monument details

HER Number:MWX43720
Type of record:Monument
Name:Rifle range, Cliffsend

Summary

Rifle range first visible on the Ordnance Survey 1877 edition and was noted as disused’ on the Ordnance Survey 1908 edition. No trace of the site was seen on Channel Coastal Observatory photography taken in 2008. This site was given a monument polygon during historic mapping enhancement as part of Phase 1 of the South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey.


Grid Reference:TR 34696 63807
Map Sheet:TR36SW
Parish:CLIFFSEND, THANET, KENT

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Rifle range first visible on the Ordnance Survey 1877 edition [1] and was noted as ‘disused’ on the Ordnance Survey 1908 edition [2]. No trace of the site was seen on Channel Coastal Observatory photography taken in 2008 [3]. The range was seen as four posts on land and two in the intertidal. This site was given a monument polygon during historic mapping enhancement as part of Phase 1 of the South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey.


<1> Ordnance Survey, 1858-73, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897, 1877/1:2500 (Map). SWX11831.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1905-10, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912, 1908/1:2500 (Map). SWX11833.

<3> Aerial Photographs held by the Channel Coastal Observatory, CCO AP/2008 TR3463ne (Photograph). SWX15703.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1858-73. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897. 1:2500. 1877/1:2500.
<2>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1905-10. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912. 1:2500. 1908/1:2500.
<3>Photograph: Aerial Photographs held by the Channel Coastal Observatory. CCO AP/2008 TR3463ne.