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Whiteston Rifle Range
Firing Range (First World War)
Site Name Whiteston Rifle Range
Classification Firing Range (First World War)
Alternative Name(s) Shanraw Cottages
Canmore ID 158579
Site Number NN80SW 27
NGR NN 80777 03430
NGR Description Centred NN 8060 0351
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/158579
- Council Stirling
- Parish Dunblane And Lecropt
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Perthshire
The range appears on the 3rd epoch OS map and it is likely that the range was in us in the First World War; it lies 3.2km from the Dunblane drill hall and only 1.8km from the Queen Victoria School, which has strong military connections.
Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 1 October 2013.
NN80SW 27 centred 8060 0351
Whiteston rifle range is situated on the E side of the A9 trunk road immediately S of Shanraw Cottages. The butts and firing points still survive.
J Guy 1999; NMRS MS 810/7, 1-2.
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.
