Lyme Bay, the broad sweeping bay between Start Point and Portland Bill, was one of the most open and accessible stretches of the English Channel coast and a potential landing site for a French force attempting to avoid the fortified harbours. The watch maintained along Lyme Bay in 1545 covered the beach approaches from Seaton to West Bay. The organisation of the Lyme Bay watch demonstrated how the coastal defence system had developed beyond the major forts to include systematic coverage of even the open beaches.
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