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| HER Number: | MDV75631 |
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| Name: | Structure near Gun Battery in Hillsborough Promontory Fort |
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Summary
Small brick structure, possibly associated with late 19th century gun battery.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 533 480 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS54NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Ilfracombe |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | ILFRACOMBE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- STRUCTURE (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Structure shown.
Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.
Structure shown at this location.
Walls, T., 1999 - 2000, The Archaeology of Hillsborough Ilfracombe. A Management Plan, 16, 21 (Post-Graduate Thesis). SDV342294.
About 70 metres south-east of the gun battery is a small brick structure, 2 metres by 2 metres by 1.5 metres, with a limestone floor and capping. It is likely to have been a magazine associated with the battery. Other details: Figure 9.
Knight, S., 2009, Hillsborough New Features (Correspondence). SDV342666.
Site visited on 274/07/2009. Structure, perhaps connected to the gun battery. Not accessible.
Beamish, M., 2011, Archaeological Walkover Survey and LiDAR Study, Hillsborough Promontory Fort, Ilfracombe, Devon (Report - Survey). SDV348722.
Overgrown but in fair condition.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV325644 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV342294 | Post-Graduate Thesis: Walls, T.. 1999 - 2000. The Archaeology of Hillsborough Ilfracombe. A Management Plan. Bristol University Thesis. A4 Stapled + Digital. 16, 21. |
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| SDV342666 | Correspondence: Knight, S.. 2009. Hillsborough New Features. A4 Single Sheet + Digital. |
| SDV348722 | Report - Survey: Beamish, M.. 2011. Archaeological Walkover Survey and LiDAR Study, Hillsborough Promontory Fort, Ilfracombe, Devon. University of Leicester Archaeological Services Report. 2011-121. A4 Stapled. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV56279 | Related to: Gun Battery at Beacon Point, Hillsborough (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 20 2014 11:38AM |
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