Hart Tor Firing Range 500 Yard Marker, Dartmoor.
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Brentorboxer
N 50° 32.142 W 004° 00.202
30U E 428894 N 5598675
A granite marker on Southern Dartmoor.
Waymark Code: WM844Y
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/24/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Dragontree
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The first prisoners arrived at Dartmoor Prison in 1809. Over 5,000 prisoners were secured in the prison guarded by a battalion of solders, about 600 men, who, in addition to their guarding duties, would have maintained their military skills on Dartmoor and practiced musketry on the Hart Tor Firing Range.
There is a mound and marker stone where the target used to be, along the hillside towards Princetown are the distant marker stones engraved with the distance from the target.
This stone has 500 engraved on its top.
Ordnance Survey map reference (10 figure) if within DNP – If outside the Park, add N/A: SX58124 72576

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