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HER Number: | MDV123976 |
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Name: | Blast shelter, Breakwater Quarry, Berry Head Road, Brixham Harbour |
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Summary
A blast shelter associated with quarrying with explosives.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 932 565 |
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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
- SHELTER (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Full description
Torbay HER record (SMR record). SDV361984.
A brick structure, with a pyramidal concrete roof, is situated to the west of the fuel tank (SX95NW/136/1). It is slightly below the tank and is reached by descending part-way down a set of concrete steps. Inside the brick shell is an metal internal skin. This takes the form of a metal cylindrical room with a metal domed roof. Four metal seats are fixed to the interior walls. The metal door survives although it has fallen off its hinges and lies with its inside facing out within the opening. The hinge fittings for the door are visible on the exterior of the brick structure to the right of the door opening.
Wrongly identified by Fiorato as a WWII sentry box or guard house, the structure is a blast shelter associated with quarrying with explosives. [1][2]
<1> Fiorato, V.J., 1999, Possible guard house adjacent to the fuel tank, south of Berry Head Road, includes sketches (Personal Comment). SDV362251.
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<2> Fiorato, V.J., 1999, Door and interior of "Sentry Box", Brixham Breakwater, T61 (Photograph). SDV362252.
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Sources / Further Reading
SDV361984 | SMR record: Torbay HER record. |
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SDV362251 | Personal Comment: Fiorato, V.J.. 1999. Possible guard house adjacent to the fuel tank, south of Berry Head Road. includes sketches. |
SDV362252 | Photograph: Fiorato, V.J.. 1999. Door and interior of "Sentry Box", Brixham Breakwater. T61. |
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Associated Monuments
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7779 - Site visits by V. Fiorato: July 1999 - Feb 2000
Date Last Edited: | Feb 26 2019 6:55PM |
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