| ID: | SDV13542 |
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| Title: | SS42NE12 |
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| Originator: | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division |
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| Date: | 1953 - 1977 |
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| Summary: | An eight-gun fort erected 1643 by Captain (later General) Chudleigh at East-the-Water. Surrendered to Col Digby 3/9/1643. A five-sided walled enclosure of unequal sides with 14 simple gun ports 7 of them containing guns on carriages. It commands the River Torridge and is constructed on a 1 in 20 southwestern slope below the crest of the hill. Now adapted as an ornamental garden it has a wall plaque. |
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Associated Monuments (1)
| MDV11750 | Chudleigh Fort, East-the-Water, Bideford (Building) |
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