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Wrekin Rifle Range is a scheduled monument located on The Wrekin, a prominent hill in Shropshire. The range dates from the nineteenth century and represents the material infrastructure of Victorian military training and marksmanship practice. The site preserves evidence of target butts and associated earthworks that supported rifle shooting exercises conducted on the hillside. As an example of industrial-era military provision, it reflects the expanding British Army's need for organised training facilities during the nineteenth century.
Wrekin Rifle Range is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1445909. View the official record →
Wrekin Rifle Range is a scheduled monument located on The Wrekin, a prominent hill in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1445909.
Wrekin Rifle Range is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1445909.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Large multivallate and univallate hillforts, a round barrow, a Late Bronze Age settlement and WWII military remains, on The Wrekin (0.9 km), Group of round barrows at Willowmoor (1.5 km), Buildwas Abbey (4.9 km).
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