Archery butts
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An archery butts is an archery practice field, with mounds of earth used for the targets. The name originally referred to the targets themselves, but over time came to mean the platforms that held the targets as well. In mediaeval times, it was compulsory for all yeoman in England to learn archery. For example, ‘The Butts’, in Alton, Hampshire, was an area for training archers in the Middle Ages.
Butts can also be used for a rifle range.
