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Monument details

HER Number:MWX44045
Type of record:Monument
Name:Volunteer Rifle Range, New Romney Level, just north of Littlestone-on-Sea

Summary

A volunteer rifle range (extending 800 yards) is visible on New Romney Level on the Epoch 1 (1877) edition of historic 1:2500 Ordnance Survey mapping. The extent of the range 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 08178 25218
Map Sheet:TR02NE
Parish:NEW ROMNEY, SHEPWAY, KENT

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A volunteer rifle range is visible on New Romney Level on the Epoch 1 (1877) edition of historic 1:2500 Ordnance Survey mapping [1]. According to the labelling, the range extends for 800 yards in a NE-SW orientation. The range is no longer visible on any later mapping.
The extent of the range 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.

Sources and further reading

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