Continuing our look at the former Greenhall Rifle Range, High Blantyre. In September 1867, just 4 months after the Volunteer Corps Rifle Range opened, an article appeared in the Hamilton Advertiser describing a competition held there. It is transcribed here, the interesting part for me listing the target distances the competition aimed to fire at. […]
Before we leave the subject of the former Greenhall Firing Range, here are some modern photos of how it looks now. In particular, the raised platform where the men fired their rifles from and also looking out across where the firing range was. Situated just off the Craigmuir right of way, not far from the […]
I recently wrote about the discovery of the Greenhall Rifle Range, which opened in 1867 and confirmed it was on the Greenhall Estate on a flat piece of land. This got me thinking as to where it may have been. I now have a good contender for the location. I have ruled out the range […]