Listed building outline

Ramparts, Counterscarp Revetment, Glacis, Musketry Wall Of Southern Fort

Field	Value	Fact links
Reference	383523	Facts
Prefix	listed-building-outline	Facts
Name	Ramparts, Counterscarp Revetment, Glacis, Musketry Wall Of Southern Fort	Facts
Dataset	Listed building outline	no fact link
Organisation	Torbay Council	no fact link
Start date	1949-10-17	no fact link
End date		no fact link
Entry date	1949-10-17	Facts
Typology	geography	no fact link
Geometry	`MULTIPOLYGON (((-3.490713 50.394633, -3.490752 50.394662, -3.490812 50.394775, -3.491128 50.395476, -3.490795 50.395992, -3.490844 50.396, -3.491182 50.395475, -3.490779 50.394608, -3.490713 50.394633)))` `MULTIPOLYGON (((-3.490713 50.394633, -3.490752 50.394662, -3.490812 50.394775, -3.491128 50.395476, -3.490795 50.395992, -3.490844 50.396, -3.491182 50.395475, -3.490779 50.394608, -3.490713 50.394633)))`	Facts
Point	`POINT (-3.49097 50.395321)`	Facts
Dataset name		Facts
Notes	Formerly known as: Walls of redoubt SE of Berry Head Common BERRY HEAD COMMON. Defences of military redoubt. 1794-1804. Probably designed by Lt-Col Alexander Mercer. Roughly coursed Devonian limestone rubble with granite string course. The redoubt occupies the southern promontary of the country park and was designed to protect the landward approach to the northern fort (qv). Its ramparts are 3-sided with 12 gun embrasures on the south-west side and 7 on the north-west side. Behind each embrasure is the sunken site of the gun platform. No embrasures on the north side, which was protected by the guns of the northern fort. The entrance, its features now stripped out, is on this side; approached by an earthern causeway, but said to have been a drawbridge here originally. Encircling the ramparts is a deep, dry moat which extends to the cliff edge at either end. On the rampart side is a steeply sloping stone revetment wall, finishing in a rounded granite string course below the gun embrasures. The other side of the moat has an earth embankment with an almost vertical stone revetment wall towards the moat and a gentle slope or glacis on the outside. The southern, seaward, side of the fort is mostly protected by steep cliffs, but at the western end a stretch of stone rubble musketry wall survives. The redoubt is usually referred to in learned publications as the No.1 Fort. It is part of an extensive system of fortifications erected on Berry Head following the outbreak of war with France in 1793. It has been described as one of the most complete surviving examples of purpose-built Napoleonic fortifications in south-west England. (Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit Reports: Pye A R: Berry Head Fort, Brixham: 1990-: 9-11). Listing NGR: SX9411256123	Facts
Listed building	1293272	Facts

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