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Latitude: 50.4003 / 50°24'1"N
Longitude: -3.4921 / 3°29'31"W
OS Eastings: 294051
OS Northings: 56670
OS Grid: SX940566
Mapcode National: GBR QY.F8C8
Mapcode Global: FRA 37KZ.RBV
Plus Code: 9C2RCG25+45
Entry Name: Hardy's Head Battery at SX 9440 5675
Listing Date: 18 October 1993
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1208164
English Heritage Legacy ID: 383521
ID on this website: 101208164
Location: Berry Head Country Park, Torbay, Devon, TQ5
County: Torbay
Civil Parish: Brixham
Built-Up Area: Brixham
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Church of England Parish: Brixham All Saints
Church of England Diocese: Exeter
Tagged with: Architectural structure Artillery battery
BRIXHAM
SX95NW BERRY HEAD COUNTRY PARK, Berry Head
1946-1/2/4 Hardy's Head Battery at SX 9440 5675
GV II
Gun battery. 1779-80, reactivated 1794-5. Granite with
limestone rubble revetment wall to earth rampart. 4
wedge-shaped gun platforms made of large granite slabs, these
tilting gently from rear to front so as to minimize the recoil
of the cannon on firing. 2 platforms face north, 1 east and 1
west. Around the north, east and west sides is a low earth
parapet; stone revetment wall visible on north side. Stone
rubble footings of a building, possibly a magazine, on
south-east. Shown on the 1838 Brixham tithe map with a 3-sided
rampart containing 4 splayed gun embrasures. No building at
this date. The site is now laid out for public use with seats
and information board.
(Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit Reports: Pye A R:
Berry Head Fort, Brixham: 1990-: 25; Brixham Tithe Map:
1838-).
Listing NGR: SX9405156669
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