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| HER Number: | 7904 |
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| Name: | UPPER BROOM BATTERY - Post Medieval breastwork |
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Summary
The earthworks along the Garrison coast are possibly of Civil War date with some earlier elements.
Protected Status
- Scheduled Monument 15434: POST-MEDIEVAL BREASTWORK, CURTAIN WALL AND ASSOCIATED DEFENSIVE STRUCTURES ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE GARRISON, ST MARY'S
Other References/Statuses
- Heritage at Risk (National)
- OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SV91SW 30
- Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 7904
- SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SV91SW 2
Monument Type(s):
- BREASTWORK (Civil War (1642 to 1651) - 1642 AD to 1651 AD)
Full description
Prior to the 1994 revision of the Garrison defences SMR, this site was recorded under PRN 7423.02 (b1).
The earthworks along the Garrison coast, the first fortifications to enclose the whole peninsula, are possibly of Civil War date with some earlier elements (7903). They consist of a breastwork from Lower Broom battery (7906.17) to Well battery (7906.09), with associated redans and batteries (7901.03 - 7901.22). Also of the C17 (and so recorded under 7904) are the eroded platforms east of the Upper Broom battery (7904.01) and east of the Lower Broom battery (7904.01). The fortifications along the west side of Porthcressa from which they projected before Tovey's C18 rebuilding (7905) was however probably a curtain wall (7906.15) rather than a breastwork (b1). The monument is included in the Schedule.
(b1) - Parkes, C, 1994, Pers Comm, ,
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- ECO3784 - Isles of Scilly Historic Environment Research Framework
- ECO3363 - The Garrison, St Marys: Survey, 2006-2011 (Ref: 39-2011)
Related records
| 7904.22 | Parent of: BARN PLATFORM - Post Medieval battery (Monument) |
| 7904.16 | Parent of: BARTHOLOMEW BATTERY - Post Medieval battery (Monument) |
| 7904.17 | Parent of: COLONEL GEORGE BOSCAWENS BATTERY - Post Medieval battery (Monument) |
| 7904.10 | Parent of: DOCTORS KEYS - Post Medieval bastion outwork (Monument) |
| 7904.11 | Parent of: DOCTORS KEYS - Post Medieval bastion outwork (Monument) |
| 7904.12 | Parent of: KING CHARLES BATTERY - Post Medieval bastion outwork (Monument) |
| 7904.20 | Parent of: KING CHARLES BATTERY - Post Medieval battery (Monument) |
| 7904.02 | Parent of: LOWER BROOM BATTERY - Medieval battery (Monument) |
| 7904.03 | Parent of: LOWER BROOM BATTERY - Post Medieval breastwork (Monument) |
| 7904.04 | Parent of: MORNING POINT - Post Medieval bastion outwork (Monument) |
| 7904.05 | Parent of: MORNING POINT - Post Medieval bastion outwork (Monument) |
| 7904.13 | Parent of: MORNING POINT - Post Medieval battery (Monument) |
| 7904.14 | Parent of: MORNING POINT BATTERY - Modern garden plot, Post Medieval battery (Monument) |
| 7904.21 | Parent of: NEWMAN POINT - Post Medieval battery (Monument) |
| 7904.18 | Parent of: STEVAL BATTERY - Post Medieval battery (Monument) |
| 7904.19 | Parent of: STEVAL BATTERY - Post Medieval battery (Monument) |
| 7904.06 | Parent of: THE FOLLY - Post Medieval bastion outwork (Monument) |
| 7904.01 | Parent of: UPPER BROOM BATTERY - Medieval battery (Monument) |
| 7904.07 | Parent of: WOOLPACK BATTERY - Post Medieval bastion outwork (Monument) |
| 7904.08 | Parent of: WOOLPACK POINT - Post Medieval bastion outwork (Monument) |
| 7904.15 | Parent of: WOOLPACK POINT - Post Medieval battery (Monument) |
| 7904.09 | Parent of: WOOLPACK QUARRY - Post Medieval bastion outwork (Monument) |
| 7900 | Part of: THE GARRISON - Post Medieval fortification (Monument) |
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