Newton Of Ardoyne
Firing Range (19th Century)
Site Name Newton Of Ardoyne
Classification Firing Range (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Whitehall; The Target
Canmore ID 107511
Site Number NJ62NW 56
NGR NJ 6447 2852
NGR Description Centred NJ 6447 2852
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/107511
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Oyne
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ62NW 62 centred 6447 2852
(Name cited as Whitehall). An underground building is all that survives of a firing range in mixed woodland on a NW-facing slope. No known record survives of its use, but it was probably built in the 19th century and may have belonged to a volunteer company. A 19th Corps was formed at Insch in 1867.
NMRS, MS/712/10.
The field to the NE of the stated location (around NJ 6460 2860) is named as 'The Target' on the 1:10,000 map of 1982.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 September 1996.
