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Summary

A concrete platform, which now accommodates a bench, is believed to have been a machine gun platform. Although its main role was anti-aircraft, its location suggests that it could also have covered the main gateway.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1020411: World War II Emergency Coastal Battery and remains of a Victorian practice battery, at Battery Gardens

Other References/Statuses

• Tide Project: 03/05/2024

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• MACHINE GUN POST (Built, World War II - 1939 AD (Between) to 1945 AD (Between))

Full description

Newman, P. + Salvatore, J., 2003, An emergency coast artillery battery at Battery Gardens, Brixham, Torbay, 221-222, Fig. 3 (Article in Serial). SDV318361.

A concrete platform, which now houses a bench but which is thought to have been a machine gun position during the Second World War. Its main role would have been anti-aircraft but its location suggests that it could have covered the main gateway as well, which was in the same place as the entrance to the gardens today.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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