Out of range

Adjacent to Bokerley Dyke is an abandoned military firing range, originating in the Second World War it was last used by the army in the 1950's. It's one of the largest firing ranges I've come across and would have facilitated many shooters.  At the South East end is the ranges giant butt, designed to limit the dangers of stray rounds, which has been constructed out of excavated chalk rubble from 2 clearly visible areas either side of it. To the front of the butt, North West, is an overgrown feature running parallel; double banks with thick brickwork revetment to their rear and associated concrete platforms would have once have held targets, now only fragments of this substantial feature are visible through dense consuming foliage. Beyond the target platforms, equally spaced, are five broad firing platforms, maybe 50m apart. A quick look at a few of the exposed sections of the target platform revealed tell tale evidence of that mainstay of the British army throughout World War Two and beyond, the Lee Enfeild .303 (still sometimes used for sniping); a copper-nickel full metal jacketed bullet with a lead core. The day was getting late, so we had to head back, otherwise I'd have liked to investigate this site further. Another day.