The Old Redoubt and later Victorian Rifle Range Target, 540m south west of Berry Head Fort

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History & significance

The Old Redoubt and later Victorian Rifle Range Target is a scheduled ancient monument situated on the elevated terrain south-west of Berry Head Fort near Brixham in Devon. The site comprises defensive earthworks of Napoleonic period construction, reflecting the strategic military concerns of early nineteenth-century coastal defence during the Napoleonic Wars. The monument was subsequently adapted for use as a rifle range target during the Victorian era, demonstrating the site's transition from active fortification to training facility. The earthwork survives as a substantial archaeological record of both Napoleonic military engineering and later nineteenth-century military practice.

The Old Redoubt and later Victorian Rifle Range Target, 540m south west of Berry Head Fort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021430. View the official record →

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