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| HER Number: | MDV48750 |
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| Name: | Military Ditch at Brownhill Battery |
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Summary
Site of a 19th century military ditch at Brownhill Battery
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 495 508 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX45SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Wembury |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | PLYMSTOCK |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX45SE/443/2
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- MILITARY EARTHWORKS (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV161565.
Des=plymouth fortress survey/pye, a.(1992)/copy and plan in smr.
PLYMOUTH FORTRESS SURVEY, 1992, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV27236.
Military ditch (1860's) where it turns northward just to the south-east of brownhill battery, the scarp has been revetted with dressed rubble limestone battered to an angle of about 60 degrees, very fine work. The counterscarp here is obscured by scrub and peters out. Just around the corner there is evidence of road metalling, indicating that the roadway to bovisand originally went along the bottom of the scarp at this point and continued down the trackway to the south which is depicted on the map but is now largely overgrown. To the north the sections of scarp wall shown on the os maps still survive in generally good condition.(plymouth fortress survey).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV161565 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV27236 | Migrated Record: PLYMOUTH FORTRESS SURVEY. 1992. |
Associated Monuments
| MDV51693 | Part of: Military ditch at Staddon Heights, Wembury (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Oct 1 2019 5:17PM |
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