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| HER Number: | MDV11856 |
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| Name: | Battery at The Castle, Knowle |
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Summary
Said to be an Elizabethan battery, but may have been built in mid 19th century. Consists of a raised platform cut from a rock outcrop at the south end of the earthworks.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 488 382 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS43NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Braunton |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BRAUNTON |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS43NE/22
- Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SS43NE 17
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- GUN EMPLACEMENT (XVI to XIX - 1501 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1953 - 1954, SS43NE17 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV341602.
Supposed Elizabethan Battery.
1. Visited 30/09/1953. Local resident remembers Elizabethan type guns standing on this platform. It was a defensive site against the Spanish invasion.
2. Visited 06/10/1953. The site consists of a raised platform, 12 metres north to south and 8 metres east to west, cut from rock outcrop which ends abruptly in the uncut rock face on the north. It is surrounded on three sides by weak mortared walling, to the level of the platform which thus has a vertical drop of average 1.7 metres. The north side has no walling and is the only blind side for elsewhere the site commands a fine view.
Mills, A., 1996, The Castle, Knowle (Personal Comment). SDV341599.
Terrace constructed in 1850 to house 2 cannons from wreck of HMS Weazle.
Eastwood, C., Mar 1984, Braunton Hill Hillfort and Artillery Fort (Worksheet). SDV358959.
Extract from Woollcombe manuscript. Woollcombe visited the site on 24th August 1843. Hillfort located half a mile from Braunton above the confluence of the Taw and Toridge. Woollcombe found no sign of an early camp, only a modern fort with small cannon.
Sources / Further Reading
| 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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| SDV341599 | Personal Comment: Mills, A.. 1996. The Castle, Knowle. |
| SDV341602 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1953 - 1954. SS43NE17. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
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| SDV358959 | Worksheet: Eastwood, C.. Mar 1984. Braunton Hill Hillfort and Artillery Fort. Worksheet + Digital. |
Associated Monuments
| MDV582 | Part of: The Castle, Knowle (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 13 2015 12:39PM |
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