Hart Tor Firing Range 550 Yard Marker, Dartmoor
N 50° 32.167 W 004° 00.206
30U E 428890 N 5598722
A granite marker on Southern Dartmoor.
Waymark Code: WM8453
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/24/2010
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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 550 engraved on its top.
Ordnance Survey map reference (10 figure) if within DNP – If outside the Park, add N/A: SX 58120 72622
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