What is recorded here
In lowlying, damp pasture. This late 19th-century earthwork was used as a butt or backstop on a shooting range. It is not shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map, but is shown on the 25-inch plan as an oblong hachured mound (c. 30m NW−SE; c. 10m NE−SW) annotated ‘Butt’, with the shooting range, annotated ‘Rifle Range’, extending ‘800 yards’ to NE of the butt. The mound is shown on the 1919 OS 6-inch map, but by this time it has fallen out of use and the shooting range is no longer indicated. A grass-covered mound is still evident at the location.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of revised upload: 12 July 2021
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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