Guise Wood, Rifle Range
Firing Range (Second World War)(Possible), Firing Range (First World War)
Site Name Guise Wood, Rifle Range
Classification Firing Range (Second World War)(Possible), Firing Range (First World War)
Canmore ID 104183
Site Number NJ51SE 40
NGR NJ 5913 1360
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/104183
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Tough
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
The survival of structures until at least 1994 suggests that the range continued in use through the First and possibly the Second World Wars. The nearest recorded drill hall is that at Alford, 2.5km to the NNW.
Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 30 September 2013.
Field Visit (27 September 1994)
NJ51SE 40 5913 1360
The remains of this firing range are situated at the N edge of Guise Wood, at the foot of a steep slope where a rectangular trench contains the remains of the mechanism for raising targets. The hillside immediately behind this is barren, and according to the farmer it is always so, due to the high lead content of the soil. About 50m to the ENE there is a wooden shed with a corrugated iron roof, probably associated with the range. Firing was from the field to the N, but no remains of any butts were observed there.
(CRAIG94 122)
Visited by RCAHMS (SDB) 27 September 1994.
Project (March 2013 - September 2013)
A project to characterise the quantity and quality of the Scottish resource of known surviving remains of the First World War. Carried out in partnership between Historic Scotland and RCAHMS.
