Description

BRIXHAM

SX95NW BERRY HEAD COUNTRY PARK, Berry Head
1946-1/2/15 Ruined magazine and blast wall 1.8m
W of guardhouse, southern fort

GV II

Artillery magazine. 1798-1802. Roughly coursed Devonian
limestone rubble with granite door surround; interior lined
with red brick. No roof, although gable-ends indicate a
pitched roof parallel with the front. Small oblong building
with walls approx 1.2m thick. 1 room with door in east wall.
Enclosing the building on all 4 sides is the remains of a
blast wall, approx 2.7m from the magazine. 1 storey. Plain,
square-headed doorway with lintel of 3 large voussoirs.
Rebated for door opening outwards. 2 ventilation slits, now
blocked, in each of the interior side and rear walls; these
merge within the wall thickness to link up with single slits
on the outside. The brick interior lining curves inwards at
the top, suggesting there was a barrel-vault. More complete
than other ruinous structures on the fort and a rare survival
of a powder magazine.
(Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit Reports: Pye A R:
Berry Head Fort, Brixham: 1990-: 12).

Listing NGR: SX9415256175

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26489795

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)