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Listed building outline: Sentry Box In Northern Fort, Approximately 3 Metres North Of Hm Coastguard Lookout 383526

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Sentry Box In Northern Fort, Approximately 3 Metres North Of Hm Coastguard Lookout 383526

• geometry: MULTIPOLYGON (((-3.484014 50.399553,-3.484158 50.399558,-3.484165...
• entry-date: 1975-01-10
• listed-building: 1208199
• name: Sentry Box In Northern Fort, Approximately 3 Metres North Of Hm Coastguard Lookout
• notes: Sentry box. c1780 or 1794-8. Coursed limestone rubble. Low pyramidal stone slab roof. Small octagonal building with 4 open-fronted, triangular recesses for sentries. 1 storey. The 4 plain doorways have flat limestone lintels. No windows, but a small square aperture in each of the stone partition walls links one sentry to another; these contain wooden frames, rebated as if for glass. Recesses have stone-flagged floors. The building has a projecting plinth and the stone roof-slabs project slightly in the manner of an eaves-cornice. Although the defences of the northern fort date from 1795-1804, a battery and magazine were established at the tip of Berry Head in 1770-80 during the American War of Independence. The magazine is probably of this date and the sentry box appears to relate to a blocked doorway in its north wall. (Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit Reports: Pye A R: Berry Head Fort, Brixham: 1990-: 21-22). Listing NGR: SX9462256583
• reference: 383526
• start-date: 1975-01-10