Monument record MWX4380 - 19th century to modern Rifle and Revolver Range, Portland

A rifle and revolver range, marked on the second edition OS map. The rifle range is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s at King's Pier Hollow.

A rifle and revolver range, marked on the second edition OS map, the targets for rifle and revolver are marked, the rifle range is marked as 300 yards long. <1>

FIRING RANGE. From site list with letter. Isle of Portland, East Weare Camp. Recorder - R. Perry. <2-4>

The rifle range is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s <5> at King's Pier Hollow. The structures of the range are visible over an area measuring approximately 300 m by 35 m. This site was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1900, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch two (Map). SDO11594.

<2> Council for British Archaeology, 1995, Defence of Britain Project, 2575 (Digital archive). SWX5.

<3> Council for British Archaeology, 2003, Defence of Britain Project Database, 2575 (Machine readable data file). SDO128.

<4> Council for British Archaeology, 2006, Defence of Britain Project Archive DEB01, 2575 (Excavation archive). SDO17227.

<5> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3228-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13044.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1413245 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jun 14 2023 4:51PM