Taken from http://www.british-history.ac.uk
"A rifle club, newly-established in 1852, probably formed the nucleus of the Rifle Volunteer Corps set up in 1859. The marquess of Anglesey provided a shooting range at the north end of Burton meadow. When the volunteers were assigned to line regiments in 1883, Burton became the headquarters of a battalion of the Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire) Regiment, later a Territorial Army unit. "
This huge, almost monolithic structure sits at the northern end of Burton Meadow, graffiti free as it's pretty much out of chavving range. Amazing to think it's still there 150 odd years later.
On the approach.
Closer...
Strange period telegraph poles, rolled sheet and riveted.
10 sec timer then run like buggery to get the sense of scale, i'm about 5' 8"
Dents
Plenty of shots picking out the brickwork, oops! You're supposed to aim for the big metal bit chaps!
Side rooms in the structure
Target lifting/moving device? There is a gap above the pulleys for wires to run across the firing range
The upper floor had seen better days...
Viewed from the upper doorway
Bullets can be found all over the ground outside, big copper jacketed painful looking ones! The middle one was a beauty with the rifling marks still on it.
View from the back
"A rifle club, newly-established in 1852, probably formed the nucleus of the Rifle Volunteer Corps set up in 1859. The marquess of Anglesey provided a shooting range at the north end of Burton meadow. When the volunteers were assigned to line regiments in 1883, Burton became the headquarters of a battalion of the Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire) Regiment, later a Territorial Army unit. "
This huge, almost monolithic structure sits at the northern end of Burton Meadow, graffiti free as it's pretty much out of chavving range. Amazing to think it's still there 150 odd years later.
On the approach.
Closer...
Strange period telegraph poles, rolled sheet and riveted.
10 sec timer then run like buggery to get the sense of scale, i'm about 5' 8"
Dents
Plenty of shots picking out the brickwork, oops! You're supposed to aim for the big metal bit chaps!
Side rooms in the structure
Target lifting/moving device? There is a gap above the pulleys for wires to run across the firing range
The upper floor had seen better days...
Viewed from the upper doorway
Bullets can be found all over the ground outside, big copper jacketed painful looking ones! The middle one was a beauty with the rifling marks still on it.
View from the back
