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Summary

Drystone wall between road and terraced area to north of firing ranges on south-east side of HMS Cambridge. Possibly part of field boundary shown on 19th century Ordnance Survey map.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Military earthworks, buildings and structural remains at HMS Cambridge, Wembury Point

Other References/Statuses

• National Trust SMR: 104363
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• WALL (Unknown date)

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Berry, N., 2006, Archaeological and Historic Landscape Survey of Wembury Point and The Mewstone, Wembury, Devon (Report - Survey). SDV345992.

Low dry stone wall alongside the concrete roadway. The wall is approximately on the same alignment as an older field boundary to the north-east, but may be a later rebuild to replace the original boundary buried under the scarp of the adjacent terrace. The wall is about 0.8 metres high, although the top may have been robbed or removed. It is 0.6 metres wide and about 70 metres long. The line of the wall is terminated at the south-east end by Ministry of Defence landscaping. Other details: Maps; site inventory no. 049.

Ordnance Survey, 2010, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV344030.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4959 - Survey of Wembury Point and the Mewstone, Wembury, Devon

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