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| HER Number: | MDV123880 |
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| Name: | Battery Gardens, Brixham: "The Altmark" |
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Summary
A pre-war park shelter utilised as a store for small arms and spare parts, now returned to sue as a shelter.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 921 568 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX95NW |
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| Admin Area | Torbay |
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| Civil Parish | Brixham |
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| District | Torbay |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BRIXHAM |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- PARK SHELTER (XX to Unknown - 1933 AD (Pre))
- ORDNANCE STORE (World War II - 1940 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
Torbay HER record (SMR record). SDV361984.
A pre-war park shelter - it is present on the 1933 OS County Series 1:2500 Second Revision - was boarded up during the miltary occupation of the site and the floor area extended in order that the could be used as a store for small arms and spare parts. The name appears to stem form the German Fleet auxiliary Altmark, which was was illegally carrying British POWs in Norwegian territorial waters (pre- April 1940), and was captured by HMS Cossack to much acclaim. Alternatively it may stem from the 19th century range finder monolith and its inscription (.qv SX95NW/93/1/1). [1]
The building has returned to use as a shelter with the sides having been removed.
<1> Coleman, R., 1989, The Purpose and History of the Battery at Battery Gardens, Brixham (Monograph). SDV362008.
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<2> Phil Newman, 2001, Battery Gardens, Brixham, Devon: An Archaeological Survey, p.13 (Report - Survey). SDV362290.
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Sources / Further Reading
| SDV361984 | SMR record: Torbay HER record. |
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| SDV362008 | Monograph: Coleman, R.. 1989. The Purpose and History of the Battery at Battery Gardens, Brixham. |
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| SDV362290 | Report - Survey: Phil Newman. 2001. Battery Gardens, Brixham, Devon: An Archaeological Survey. p.13. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV123750 | Part of: Battery Gardens, Fishcombe Road/Northfields Lane, Brixham (Monument) |
| MDV52993 | Related to: MILITARY BUILDING in the Parish of (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7848 - Archaeological Survey by Phil Newman - May 2001
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 26 2019 6:49PM |
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