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Summary

A section of the south musketry wall survives. Its east end has not been squared off suggesting that it may once have continued further eastwards.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1021430: The Old Redoubt, 540m southwset of Berry Head Fort

Other References/Statuses

• Tide Project: 02/09/2022

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• WALL (Built, XVIII to XIX - 1794 AD (Between) to 1804 AD (Between))

Full description

Pye, A.R., 1989, Berry Head Fort, Brixham. An Archaeological Assessment, 34 (Report - Assessment). SDV362497.

Portions of the musketry walls on the seaward sides remain.

Pye, A.R. & Slater, W.D., 1990, Berry Head Fort, Brixham, An Archaeological Survey, 9, 11 (Report - Survey). SDV362493.

A 49.0 metre section of the southern musketry wall survives. Its east end has not been squared off so it may have continued further eastwards. Built of roughly dressed limestone rubble battered to an angle of 85 degrees, with a vertical masonry parapet 1.5 metres high, 0.5 metres thick, the garde-foux matches the revetment of the southwest section of the rampart with which it forms a continuous build. Behind the parapet is a narrow banquette 1.0 metres wide. This is only present west of the oven house and has been disturbed/obscured by the spoil tips of the 1961-2 kitchen excavations.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1293272 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

Ramparts, counterscarp revetment, glacis, musketry wall of southern fort.
The southern, seaward, side of the fort is mostly protected by steep cliffs, but at the western end a stretch of stone rubble musketry wall survives.
See listing description for further details.
Date first listed: 18th October 1949. Date of last amendment: 18th October 1993

Ordnance Survey, 2023, Mastermap 2023 (Cartographic). SDV365227.

Wall depicted.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV362493	Report - Survey: Pye, A.R. & Slater, W.D.. 1990. Berry Head Fort, Brixham, An Archaeological Survey. Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit Report. EMAFU 90.10. Hardcopy + Digital. 9, 11.
	Linked documents:1
SDV362497	Report - Assessment: Pye, A.R.. 1989. Berry Head Fort, Brixham. An Archaeological Assessment. Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit. EMAFU 89.04. Hardcopy + Digital. 34.
	Linked documents:1
SDV364016	National Heritage List for England: Historic England. 2021. National Heritage List for England. Digital. 1293272.
SDV365227	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2023. Mastermap 2023. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #140599 ]

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7839 - Excavations by John Horsley - 1961/2
• EDV7834 - Archaeological Assessment of the Berry Head Forts
• EDV7835 - Archaeological Survey of the Berry Head Forts

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