Former site of rifle range (Carman) [9 photos] in NS36507882

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Former site of rifle range (Carman)

The second-edition OS map (revised c.1897) shows a rifle range here, with flagstaff and targets at the NE end; to the SW, small features are labelled "200", "500", and "600" (distance in yards from the targets). The range is not recorded on the first-edition map (surveyed 1860), nor on the revision of c.1914. Though the area is now damp and tick-infested, its topography was very suitable for its former use: it is low, flat, and level, and surrounded by (contrastingly uneven) higher ground on all sides, which would safely contain all but the wildest of stray shots.

According to page 84 of "Cardross: the village in days gone by" (Arthur F Jones, 1985), the 7th (Cardross) Company of the Dumbarton Volunteer Rifles came into being late in 1859, and, for their shooting competitions, "at first a field at Carman was used", before ground was secured near the shore at Cardross in 1864. It is not clear whether the "field at Carman" is the one shown here.

by Lairich Rig

Created: Sat, 20 Jun 2015, Updated: Sat, 22 Apr 2017

9 images use this description: (all images taken in 2015)

NS3678 : Traces of 500-yard shooting position by Lairich Rig

NS3678 : View over former site of rifle range's targets by Lairich Rig

NS3678 : Former site of rifle range's targets by Lairich Rig

NS3678 : View along former rifle range by Lairich Rig

NS3678 : Traces of 600-yard shooting position by Lairich Rig

NS3678 : Small enclosure on former rifle range by Lairich Rig

NS3678 : Former site of rifle range's flagstaff by Lairich Rig

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