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| HER Number: | MDV42874 |
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| Name: | Store building, Berry Head Fort No. 3, Brixham |
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Summary
Possible store building in the centre of the southern set of barracks and of contemporary date, 1804-7. Now ruinous. In the northern part of the building is a civil defence bunker and in the south-east corner a ROC post.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 944 565 |
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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
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX95NW/4/7
- Tide Project: 03/09/2020
- Torbay HER: MTO42874
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- STOREHOUSE (Built, XIX - 1804 AD (Between) to 1807 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.
The store and barracks 2, 3 and 4 and depicted and marked as Barracks (In Ruins).
Pye, A.R., 1989, Berry Head Fort, Brixham. An Archaeological Assessment, 35 (Report - Assessment). SDV362497.
Foundations of a building between the two pairs of southern barracks.
Pye, A.R. & Slater, W.D., 1990, Berry Head Fort, Brixham, An Archaeological Survey, 19-20, Fig. 21 (Report - Survey). SDV362493.
Building located in the centre of the southern set of barracks, between blocks 2 and 3, and on the same alignment. It may represent a regimental store room whose absence was noted in 1798. It is contemporary with the barracks, dating from 1804-7.
The building is now ruinous except for where the ROC post is adjacent, the 0.5 metre thick limestone rubble walls survive to no more than0.5 metres high. On a 1959 photo the south wall and part of the west wall survive to their full height, the base of an arched doorway through the west wall also survives.
A ROC post was established in the south-east corner of the building in 1943-4. In the northern part of the building is a civil defence bunker which may have been located within the footprint of a fort cistern.
Ordnance Survey, 2020, MasterMap 2020 (Cartographic). SDV363413.
Southern wall of building shown.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV325644 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| 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. 19-20, Fig. 21. [Mapped feature: #126852 Imported from Torbay HER - Jan 2019, ] |
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| SDV362497 | Report - Assessment: Pye, A.R.. 1989. Berry Head Fort, Brixham. An Archaeological Assessment. Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit. EMAFU 89.04. Hardcopy + Digital. 35. |
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| SDV363413 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2020. MasterMap 2020. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV20080 | Part of: Berry Head Fort No. 3, Brixham (Monument) |
| MDV42890 | Related to: Barrack 2, Berry Head Fort No. 3, Brixham (Monument) |
| MDV42891 | Related to: Barrack 3, Berry Head Fort No. 3, Brixham (Monument) |
| MDV42880 | Related to: Cistern between Barrack 2 and store building, Berry Head Fort No. 3, Brixham (Monument) |
| MDV42881 | Related to: Cistern between the store building and Barrack 3, Berry Head Fort No. 3, Brixham (Monument) |
| MDV42875 | Related to: Cold War Royal Observer Corps Post, Berry Head Fort No. 3, Brixham (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7834 - Archaeological Assessment of the Berry Head Forts
- EDV7835 - Archaeological Survey of the Berry Head Forts
| Date Last Edited: | May 30 2024 12:42PM |
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