Wembury Heritage Database

This database lists buildings, other structures and localities • Areas outlined in GREEN show the original boundaries of considered to be of heritage significance in Wembury Parish. It is the fields described in the database as they are shown on the based on work undertaken in 2006-7 by Martin Dyer of Exeter Tithe Map or, in a few cases, in the Calmady Atlas of Archaeology, assisted locally by Eileen Arnold (the Chair of 1788/89. Wembury Local history Society), assisted by two Society members - Sue Johnston and June Horne. The number of entries listed – more • BROWN features on the maps denote banks or ditches than 300 – underlines the richness of the parish’s history. identified on the 1946 RAF air photographic survey.

The information is provided here in Word format, converted into an It must be stressed that inclusion in the database does NOT Adobe pdf file. This is therefore searchable for key words of your indicate that any specific site is accessible to the public, although choosing, using the Adobe search facility. many are accessible from roads and public footpaths or bridleways.

Locating the entries geographically Columns 4 and 5 of the table below give the grid reference of each Database key entry, enabling the sites to be located on today’s OS 1:25,000 or The key below briefly explains the meaning of each column heading 1:50,000 maps of Wembury. Alternatively, a set of plans can be in the database. downloaded from Wembury Local History Society’s website. On these plans: Other information Appendix 1 outlines the background to the project, while Appendix • The geographical location of each item is shown on the maps 2 describes the data-gathering process. as a RED NUMBER.

Key to Parish Database and Maps

Columns include the following information:

Site No. Devon 1827; MILLES = Dean Milles’ Questionnaire c. 1750; AP = Reference number allocated to sites identified by parish survey and Aerial photograph; PEVSNER = Cherry & Pevsner: Buildings of located on base maps. Devon; PND = Gover, Mawer & Stenton: The Place-Names of Devon; SURVEY = Life into Landscape parish surveys 2004-2007; Site Type FW = Fieldwalking during parish survey Type of site taken from Devon Historic Environment Record or English Heritage lists of monument types. PRN Primary Record Number i.e. the primary reference number for a site GSI/Easting/Northing in the Devon Historic Environment Record. This system has National Grid Reference. replaced SMR UID (below) as the main reference for sites.

Description SMR UID Summary description of site. Sites and Monuments Record Unique Identifier i.e. the old reference number for a site in the Sites and Monuments Record (now the Period Devon Historic Environment Record). The reference is based on the Date of site using Devon Historic Environment Record broad number of the Ordnance Survey 1:10560 or 1:10000 map sheet on periods and periods where known. Broad periods are: Prehistoric; which the site is located e.g. SX74SE/25. Now replaced by the PRN. Roman (43-410AD); Early Medieval (410-1066AD); Medieval (1066-1540); Post-Medieval (1540-1901); Modern (1901-); SM No./LB No. Multiperiod; Unknown. N.B. XIX = century in Roman numerals. Scheduled Monument Number or Listed Building Number. N.B. Listed Building Numbers in database are those used by English Source Heritage. South Hams District Council use different numbers with Source of information used in description. SMR/HER = Devon LB prefix. Historic Environment Record; LB = Listed Building; TM/TA = Tithe Map/Tithe Apportionment; OSSD = Ordnance Survey Surveyor’s Drawing; OS 1:10560 = Ordnance Survey 1:10560 (6 inch) map etc.; DONN = Benjamin Donn’s map of Devon 1765; Continued overleaf GREENWOOD = C. & J. Greenwoods’ Map of the County of

Listed Civil Parish Listed Building grade (Grade I, Grade II* or Grade II). Name of civil parish.

Ecclesiastical Parish Name of ecclesiastical (i.e. historic) parish.

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No WM Coin SX 502 482 Roman coin of Trajan, AD98- Roman HER 1728 SX54 Wemb Wemb 001 117, minted at Selucia Pieria in NW/1 ury ury Syria. Found at Wembury Point. WM Coin SX 49 48 Roman coins found at Roman HER 12625 SX44 Wemb Wemb 002 Heybrook Bay, Wembury, ci rca NE/1 ury ury 1927. WM Bombing SX 4985 4995 Cropmarks of large rectilinear Moder HER 12626 SX44 Wemb Wemb 003 Decoy buildings visible on 1946 RAF n NE/2 ury ury air photograph. Site on a spur just to W of Down Thomas. Site visited 1993, no evidence of buildings visible on ground. WM Battery SX 4949 4894 Renney Battery. Coastal Moder HER, 13723 SX44 45755 Grade Wemb Wemb 004 battery, built in 1905-06 to n LB NE/3 7 II ury ury operate in conjunction with Penlee Point Battery. Covered eastern approaches to Plymouth Sound whilst western approac hes covered by Penlee Point. Original armament three 9.2" guns, progressively modernised until removal in 1957. Concrete. Three emplacements, each with rails to gun mountings and steps to sunken magazine entrances. Iron doors and fittings. Noted as having complete interior

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No with some original machinery including ammunition hoists. Blast protection walls built in 1941 still in place. Battery shared accommodation and stores with Lentney Battery (WM 005). WM Battery SX 4931 4938 Lentney Battery. Coastal Moder HER, 39300 SX44 10053 Grade Wemb Wemb 005 battery, built 1905 to cover n LB NE/4 6 II ury ury eastern approaches to Plymouth Sound, along with Renney Battery (WM 004). Concrete emplacements each with rails to gun mountings and steps to sunk magazine entrances. Iron door and fittings. Noted as having complete interior with some original machinery including ammunition hoists. Guns dismounted after WW1, battery rearmed 1941 and remained in use for training until 1956 when guns removed. Site visited 1991: undergroun d magazines, and shelters and storerooms between or behind emplacements. Complete shell and cartridge hoists survive,

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No along with other internal fittings.

WM Blockhou SX 4941 4906 Large twelve-sided pillbox of Moder HER 39382 SX44 Wemb Wemb 006 se local design. One of three built n NE/3/ ury ury around perimeter of Renney 1 Battery in 1914. Site visited 1991: original steel door observed, some steel shutters in interior. Firing slits, square ports for machine guns. Earth embanked around site. S hown on 1963 OS 1:2500 map. WM Military SX 49 49 Elizabethan defensive Post- HER 42625 SX44 Wemb Wemb 007 Earthwor earthworks between Bovisand Medie NE/5 ury ury ks and River Yealm. Shown on val, plans of 1587 and 1588. Built by XVI order of Privy Council in 1587 to pr otect Plymouth Sound. Plymouth Receiver's Accounts for 1585-89 show expenditure on bulwarks and occasionally dykes, ditches and gun platforms. Construction appears to have been of rubble, earth, lime and sand with quantities of timber. WM Blockhou SX 4942 4894 Site of blockhouse, one of three Moder HER 43573 SX44 Wemb Wemb 008 se built around perimeter of n NE/3/ ury ury

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No Renney Battery in 1914 (WM 2 006, WM 009). Site visited 1991: demolished, probably in 1980s. All three sites shown on 1963 OS 1:250 0 map along with connecting fence. WM Blockhou SX 4957 4895 Site of blockhouse, one of three Moder HER 43574 SX44 Wemb Wemb 009 se built around perimeter of n NE/3/ ury ury Renney Battery in 1941 (WM 3 006, WM 008). Site visited 1991: demolished, probably in 1980s, although part of NE wall seen to be surviving. All three sites shown on 1963 OS 1:2500 map along with connecting fence and WW2 command post adjoining this site to S. WM Gun SX 4957 4892 Semi-circular platform with Moder HER 43575 SX44 Wemb Wemb 010 Emplace masonry and concrete retaining n NE/3/ ury ury ment walls at front (S) and rear. 4 Rear wall with ammunition cupboards, stairwell entrance to W. Probable site of one of two anti-aircraft guns installed in 1943 to protect Renney Battery (WM 004). Shown on 1963 OS 1:2500 map. WM Gun SX 4939 4903 Small circular earthwork Moder HER 43576 SX44 Wemb Wemb 011 Emplace terrace. Probable site of one of n NE/3/ ury ury

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No ment two anti-aircraft guns installed 5 in 1943 to protect Renney Battery (WM 004). WM Military SX 4957 4894 Site of WW2 Battery Moder HER 43577 SX44 Wemb Wemb 012 Building Command Post for Renney n NE/3/ ury ury Battery (WM 004) from 1941, 6 originally officers' watch shelter. Site visited 1991: demolished, probably in 1980s, although part of NE wall se en to be surviving. Site adjoined WW1 blockhouse to N. Both sites shown on 1963 OS 1:2500 map. WW Military SX 4956 4896 Site of Battery Observation Moder HER 43578 SX44 Wemb Wemb 013 Building Post, WW1 and WW2, for n NE/3/ ury ury Renney Battery (WM 004). 7 Visited 1991: demolished, probably in 1980s. Other buildings appear to have been added during WW2: all shown on 1963 OS 1:2500 map. WW Military SX 4961 4890 Site of Plotting Room for Moder HER 43579 SX44 Wemb Wemb 014 Building Renney Batter y (WM 004). n NE/3/ ury ury Located in quarry. Built 1942, 8 demolished before 1963. WW Military SX 4948 4913 Flat-roofed concrete structure Moder HER 43580 SX44 Wemb Wemb 015 Building at Renney Battery (WM 004), n NE/3/ ury ury which housed generators 9

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No powering the two sear chlights and lighting for battery. Site visited 1991: well preserved with steel doors and window shutters remaining, as well as concrete ventilation grilles. Similar square building to E probably housed transformer. Both built 1941 replacing earlier engine house built in 1933. Planning permission granted for demolition, 1992. WW Barracks SX 494 491 Three single-storey limestone Moder HER 43581 SX44 Wemb Wemb 016 buildings with pitched roofs at n NE/3/ ury ury SX49424912, SX49444912 and 10 SX49454911. Built in 1905-06 as garrison accommodation for Renney and Lentney Batteries (WM 004, WM 005), later used as officers' and NCOs' mess. Subject of planning permission for conversion, 1992. WW Barracks SX 4950 4910 Pair of semi-detached single- Moder HER 43582 SX44 Wemb Wemb 017 storey limestone buildings with n NE/3/ ury ury pitched roofs, built in 1905-06 11 at Renney Battery (WM 004) probably as officers' accommodation. Later master gunner's quarters. Subject of

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No planning permission for conversion, 1992.

WW Searchlig SX 4926 4892 Site of one of two searchlights Moder HER 43583 SX44 Wemb Wemb 018 ht (WM 019) installed 1933 to n NE/3/ ury ury illuminate sea area in front of 12 Renney Battery (WM 004). Now demolished, but shown on 1963 OS 1:2500 map. WW Searchlig SX 4933 4887 Site of one of two searchlights Moder HER 43584 SX44 Wemb Wemb 019 ht (WM 018) installed 1933 to n NE/3/ ury ury illuminate sea area in front of 13 Renney Battery (WM 005). Now demolished, but shown on 1963 OS 1:2500 map. WM Military SX 4928 4895 Probable site of directing post Moder HER 43585 SX44 Wemb Wemb 020 Building built with two searchlights n NE/3/ ury ury (WM 018, WM 019) in 1933 at 14 Renney Battery (WM 004). Now demolished. Shown on 1963 OS 1:2500 map. WM Blockhou SX 4926 4946 Bottle-shaped concrete Moder HER 44087 SX44 Wemb Wemb 021 se blockhouse probably built circa n NE/4/ ury ury 1914 for defence of Lentney 1 Battery (WM 005). Remains of fence to N. Machine-gun port at NW end. Originally flat-roofed,

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No entered from S via rock-cut stairwell. Visited 1991: site heavily overgrown. Shown on 1977 OS 1:2500 map. WM Military SX 4932 4942 Battery Observation Post to Moder HER 44088 SX44 Wemb Wemb 022 Building rear of Lentney Battery (WM n NE/4/ ury ury 005). Built circa 1941 on site of 2 former observation po st, built 1905. Visited 1991: site demolished but outline of foundations visible. WM Gun SX 4911 4939 Emplacement for one twin six- Moder HER 44089 SX44 Wemb Wemb 023 Emplace pounder gun mounted for n NE/4/ ury ury ment training in 1942. Site located on 3 coas t approx. 200m W of Lentney Battery (WM 005). Site visited 1991: gun pit seen to have been largely infilled, although concrete apron visible. WM Military SX 4914 4939 Small rectangular building Moder HER 44090 SX44 Wemb Wemb 024 Building al ongside track approx. 40m E n NE/4/ ury ury of gun emplacement (WM 023). 4 Possibly observation post associated with emplacement. Site visited 1991: demolished, but foundations and steps visible. WM Gun SX 4913 4931 One of three gun emplacements Moder HER 44091 SX44 Wemb Wemb

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No 025 Emplace (WM 026, WM 027) used for n NE/4/ ury ury ment trials and training. Site located 5 on terrace below coastal footpath approx. 200m SW of Lentney Battery (WM 005). Site visited 1991: raised circular concrete drum observed, ringed by iron bolts. WM Gun SX 4913 4929 Central one of three gun Moder HER 44092 SX44 Wemb Wemb 026 Emplace emplacements (WM 025, WM n NE/4/ ury ury ment 027) used for trials and training 6 in WW2. Site located on terrace below coastal footpath approx. 180m SW of Lentney Battery (WM 005). Site visited 1991: raised circular concrete drum observed, drum had been sheared off and octagonal iron plate with bolt holes fitted. Retaining wall at rear of terrace. WM Gun SX 4923 4928 One of three gun emplacements Moder HER 44093 SX44 Wemb Wemb 027 Emplace (WM 025, WM 026) used for n NE/4/ ury ury ment trials and training in WW2. 7 Site located on terrace below coast path approx. 180m SW of Lentney Battery (WM 005). Site visited 1991: large circular iron plate observed with bolt

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No holes around rim , set on slightly raised concrete drum:; probably used for trial firing of captured German/French guns. No associated buildings survive for these three sites. WM Wreck SX 489 486 Wreck of launch from 110-gun Post- HER 44790 SX44 Wemb Wemb 028 'Hibernia'. Launch sunk on the Medie NE/6 ury ury Rannies, 17/1/1805. val, XIX WM Wreck SX 4870 4860 Wreck of hoy (small coastal Post- HER 44791 SX44 Wemb Wemb 029 sailing vessel) from Medie NE/7 ury ury Portsmouth, sunk on 1/12/1813. val, XIX WM Defensive SX 4986 4845 SW part of site of HMS Moder HER 55112 SX44 Wemb Wemb 030 Site Cambridge (WM 198). Site n NE/9 ury ury recorded on 1946 RAF air photograph, appears to include number of command buildings and gun emplacements. 'Old gun emplacements' referred to, 1956. Structu res appear on 1967 OS 6" map. WM Anti- SX 493 490 Reference to Light Anti- Moder HER 58781 SX44 Wemb Wemb 031 Aircraft Aircraft Battery located here at n NE/3/ ury ury Battery Renney, Plymouth, 1941. 15 WM Barracks SX 4935 4936 Group of military huts near Moder HER 58782 SX44 Wemb Wemb 032 Lentney Battery (WM 005) n NE/4/ ury ury visible on 1946 RAF 8

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No photograph. Shown on 1967 OS 6" map. Site visited 1993: buildings removed but large patch of open ground visible with evidence of hut platforms.

WM Anti- SX 496 499 Site of Light Anti-Aircraft Moder HER 58783 SX44 Wemb Wemb 033 Aircraft Battery (Plymouth Devonport, n NE/10 ury ury Battery E4 AA Battery). Site operated 1943 to 1944.

WM Anti- SX 492 489 Site of Heavy Anti-Aircraft Moder HER 71775 Wemb Wemb 034 Aircraft Battery at Renney Battery n ury ury Battery (WM 004). WM Anti- SX 495 489 Site of Light Anti-Aircraft Moder HER 71920 Wemb Wemb 035 Aircraft Battery at Renney Battery n ury ury Battery (WM 004). WM Battery SX 499 483 Site of Wembury Point Battery. Moder HER 71926 Wemb Wemb 036 n ury ury WM Searchlig SX 493 496 Site of WW2 searchlight at Moder HER 72050 Wemb Wemb 037 ht Coombe Park. n ury ury WM Open SX 49 51 Mesolithic occupation site on Prehist HER 14765 SX45S Plymst Wemb 038 Settlemen Stadd on Heights. Flint oric, E/4 ock ury t scrapers, flakes and other Mesoli implements found here late thic 19th century, recorded in

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No Plymouth Museum. Finds indicate site in use during the period 12,000-4000 BC. WM Scatter SX 49 51 Mesolithic flint tools found on Prehist HER 14766 SX45S Plymst Wemb 039 Staddon Heights (WM 038). oric E/4/1 ock ury Include rounded scrapers, awls, knives, arrowheads, cores. Some flints from site noted as being in Exeter Museum, 1977. WM Artillery SX 4888 5088 Watch House Battery. Moder HER 17324 SX45S SAM Plymst Wemb 040 Fort Scheduled Monument. Coastal n E/19 720 ock ury battery sited next to connecting ditch between Bovisand Fort and Staddon Fort. Ditch is deep and rock-cut, runs SX49055091 to SX49575085. Battery completed in 1904, replacing earlier earth en redoubt known as Watch House Brake Battery. Originally armed with two 6" guns. Contemporary plan shows position of guns, magazines, ancillary buildings; direction range-finder located to N. Searchlights built circa 1906. Local defences measures in WW1 i ncluded installation of fences and construction of blockhouse below site to SE in

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No ditch. Site in use in WW2. Plymouth Fortress Survey (1992) notes battery and associated buildings complete and well maintained, though internal fittings removed.

WM Battery SX 4910 5093 Frobisher Battery. Site Post- HER 17314 SX45S Plymst Wemb 041 constructed 1888 to 1892. Built Medie E/44 ock ury over and within earlier val, earthwork emplacement known XIX as Twelve Acre Brake Battery, completed 1867. Magazine and artillery store located to E of gun pit, shelter and direction range finder to N. Site abandoned circa 1904-05 when Watch House Battery completed (WM 040). Plymouth Fortress Survey records site as filled-in, with outline of apron of gunpit still visible (1992). WM Reservoir SX 4971 5079 Bovisand Reservoir as shown Post- HER 17343 SX45S Plymst Wemb 042 on the 1842 Plymstock Tithe Medie E/46 ock ury Map and named as 'Pond', (no. val, 1376). Built 1816 to 1824 to XIX

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No provide water supply for Navy and other ships in Plymouth So und. Designed by John Rennie. Held 12,000 tons of water. Water carried through cast iron pipes to wharf and pier (WM 091) at Bovisand Fort. Reservoir in use until end of WW2. WM Scatter SX 492 508 Two Mesolithic flint cores and Prehist HER 17348 SX45S Plymst Wemb 043 scraper found at Bovisand. oric, E/52 ock ury Recorded in Plymouth Mesoli Museum, 1977. thic WM Artillery SX 4943 5105 Brownhill Battery. Built circa Post- HER 17378 SX45S Plymst Wemb 044 Fort 1869, part of Staddon Heigh ts Medie E/43 ock ury Defences. Site visited 1992: five- val, sided earthwork rampart XIX complete, fronted by small narrow ditch. Contained two possible gun positions. Surviving magazines, position- finder cell and two WW2 observation posts. Sites of other WW2 buildings visible in int erior as concrete platforms. Site observed to be in derelict condition (1992). WM Coin SX 49 51 Finds of Roman coins on Roman HER 21695 SX45S Plymst Wemb 045 Staddon Heights in 19th E/262 ock ury

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No century. Coins of Hadrian (AD117-138) and Postum us (AD260-269) found in neighbourhood of Staddon in 1893. A third coin of Victorinus (AD269-271) found in undisturbed soil near Bovisand Fort in 1899.

WM Lodge SX 4967 5064 Bovisand Lodge. Early 19th Post- HER, 39085 SX45S 10045 Grade Plymst Wemb 046 century two-storey house, Medie LB E/463 4 II ock ury situated in wooded valley. val, Stuccoed, slate hipped roof XIX behind parapet with small urns. Square plan, five bays. Sash windows, round-arched doorway with panelled door, porch with Ionic columns supporting an entablature. Once the hom e of Joseph Whidbey, builder of Plymouth Breakwater. Shown on 1942 OS map as 'Whidbey's Ho.'

WM Coastgua SX 4894 5072 Terrace of four coastguard Post- HER, 39086 SX45S 10045 Grade Plymst Wemb 047 rd cottages at Bovis and, built mid Medie LB, E/464 5 II ock ury

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No Station 19th century. Stone rubble with val, OS slate-hung front, corrugated XIX 1:1056 asbestos roof. Rendered ridge 0 and chimney stacks. Two storeys. Sash windows, one original plank door. Right hand cottage set back and facing south west. Shown as 'Coastguard Statio n' on 1869 OS 1:10560 map (sheet 130). WM Battery SX 4880 5120 Staddon Battery. Built 1780 on Post- HER, 39298 SX45S Plymst Wemb 048 cliff N of Bovisand, named as Medie TM E/467 ock ury 'Battery Field' (no. 1089) on the val, 184 2 Plymstock Tithe Map. XVIII Disarmed 1853 following completion of Staddon Point Battery in 1847 (WM 082). Visited 1992: observed to be still largely intact, consisting of semi-circular terrace cut into hillside with masonry parapet in front, guard-room/store- ro om intact to rear as well as brick barrel-vaulted magazines now used as store-room and workshop. All buildings well maintained. Other features include George IV Board of Ordnance plaque on S wall of

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No guard-house, granite slabs for gun platforms used as paving. WM Pillbox SX 486 506 Possible site of pillbox between Moder HER 39384 SX45S Plymst Wemb 049 Bovisand Fort and Bovisand n E/452 ock ury Pier (WM 091), recorded 1988.

WM Pillbox SX 4869 5070 Hexagonal concrete flat-roofed Moder HER 39385 SX45S Plymst Wemb 050 pillbox S of Bovisand Fort of n E/468 ock ury local design. Rectangular extension to NW with two windows facing seaward. Site probably WW1 blockhouse protecting access to pier. Visited 1993: in good condition, currently in use as generator house. WM Wreck SX 48 50 Wreck of WW2 American ship Moder HER 42404 SX45S Wemb Wemb 051 'James Eagen Layne' lying in n E/553/ ury ury 20m of water offshore near Bovisand. Built 1944 by Delta Shipbuilding Co. USA. Torpedoed off West Rutts 21st Ma rch 1945 while in convoy carrying military cargo of timber and motorboats. Taken in tow but foundered off Rame

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No Head. Salvage operations took place 1953 and 1967. In 1973 foremast observed to be still visible at all states of the tide. WM Wreck SX 48 50 Wreckage of 1928 50m long Moder HER 42406 SX45S Wemb Wemb 052 fishing vessel 'Glen n E/554 ury ury Strathallen', lying in 15m of water offshore near Bovisand. Vessel became a yacht, used as WW2 escort ship and for training, deliberately sunk 1970 for divers b ut became dangerous to shipping and was blown up. Parts of wreckage recognisable including boiler. WM Wreck SX 47 50 Wreck of HMS Elk. Wrecked Moder HER 43150 SX45S Wemb Wemb 053 off Plymouth, lies in 30m of n E/606 ury ury water. WM Rifle SX 4920 5130 Military and Royal Marine rifle Post- HER 43588 SX45S Plymst Wemb 054 Range ranges on golf course on Medie E/619 ock ury Staddon Heights. Shown on val, circa 1870 OS map and as 'Old XIX Rifle Ranges' on 1915 OS 6" map. WM Butts SX 4897 5118 19th century target butts on Post- HER 43589 SX45S Plymst Wemb 055 golf course on Staddon Heights. Medie E/619/ ock ury Site comprises earthwork val, 1 feature aligned NW-SE running XIX from SX48915126 to SX

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No 49055106, with high masonry buttressed wall about 300m long. N half built by 1870, S hal f between 1872 and 1894. Two earthwork enclosures to rear of N section, function unclear. 'Rifle Butts' shown on OS map of circa 1870. Earthwork feature shown on 1915 OS 6" and 1966 OS 6" maps. WM Quarry SX 4883 5095 'Devonport Quarry' shown on Post- HER, 45417 SX45S Plymst Wemb 056 1869 OS 1:10560 map (sheet Medie OS E/642 ock ury 130) and as 'disused' on 1915 val 1:1056 OS 6" map; not shown on 1966 0 OS map. WM Military SX 4874 5069 Military building at Bovisand Post- HER 48732 SX45S Plymst Wemb 057 Building Fort: artillery store or fitter's Medie E/18/2 ock ury shop. Single storey with val, monumental masonry with XIX dressed limestone quoins to windows and doors. Built before 1896. WM Searchlig SX 4876 5063 Searchlight building to S of Moder HER 48733 SX45S Plymst Wemb 058 ht Bovisand Fort. Concrete n E/18/3 ock ury structure, flat roof. Shutters and window slits. Cut into 19th century sea wall. Probably built 1942. Connected via pathway to

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No another searchlight (WM 059). Site visited 1992: site in g ood condition, being used as store. WM Searchlig SX 4881 5063 Searchlight building to SE of Moder HER 48734 SX45S Plymst Wemb 059 ht Bovisand Fort. Built 1942. n E/18/4 ock ury Entry via stairway at rear, which also gave access via pathway to another searchl ight (WM 058). WM Searchlig SX 4883 5063 Searchlight building to SE of Moder HER 48735 SX45S Plymst Wemb 060 ht Bovisand Fort. Rectangular n E/18/5 ock ury concrete structure. Three light- slits in SW facing wall. Connected by pathway to other searchlights (WM 058, WM 059). Built 1942. Visited 1992: site in good condition. WM Searchlig SX 4886 5063 Searchlight building to ESE of Moder HER 48736 SX45S Plymst Wemb 061 ht Bovisand Fort. Rectangular n E/18/6 ock ury concrete structure similar to WM 060. Access via s tairway onto roof of building then down stairway at rear. Built 1942. Visited 1992: site in good condition, interior open with remains of iron door visible. Also remains of pipes for wiring, and armoured window- slit shutters.

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No WM Searchlig SX 4884 5065 Site of searchlight built circa Moder HER 48737 SX45S Plymst Wemb 062 ht 1910 for Watch House Battery n E/18/7 ock ury (WM 040). Used during WW2 and demolished 1960s. Also site of earlier semi-circular retaining wall constructed of rubble limestone: wall shown on plans from 1872 onwards.

WM Searchlig SX 4887 5065 Site of searchlight built circa Moder HER 48738 SX45S Plymst Wemb 063 ht 1910 for Watch House Battery n E/18/8 ock ury (WM 040). Similar to WM 062. Site visited 1992: foundations thought possibly to be s urviving in scrub to S of present road. WM Military SX 4885 5085 Military buildings SW of Post- HER 48739 SX45S Plymst Wemb 064 Building Watch House Battery (WM Medie E/19/2 ock ury 040). Includes musketry gallery val, with brick vaulted roof built Moder 1860s, tunnel, se archlight n, XIX, directing post probably dating XX to 1906. Possibly served as control post for anti-submarine mines. Visited 1992: site generally in good condition. WM Military SX 4888 5084 Position Finding Station S of Post- HER 48740 SX45S Plymst Wemb 065 Building Watch House Battery (WM Medie E/19/3 ock ury 040). Possible date of 1880. val,

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No Comprises six brick and XIX concrete position-finder cells connected by underground passage at rear. Access via stairway from ditch into northernmost cell. Structure s are brick built with concrete roofs, apart from northernmost cell, which has masonry walls and an older concrete roof. Site visited 1992: some cells seen to contain pillars for position- finding instrument, one of which has script giving distance to known points and height of instrument above water table . All cells in fair condition. WM Pillbox SX 4893 5087 Blockhouse or guardhouse at Moder HER 48741 SX45S SAM Plymst Wemb 066 Watch House Battery (WM n E/19/4 720 ock ury 040). Small, rectangular, single- storey masonry structure with loopholes through E, N and S- facing walls. Probably dates to WW1. Visited 1992: structure derelict and roofless. Site is partly within area of Scheduled Monument. WM Military SX 4885 5096 Covered way in two sections, Post- HER 48742 SX45S SAM Plymst Wemb 067 Building one running from Watch House Medie E/19/5 720 ock ury

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No Battery (WM 040) S to Staddon val, Point Battery (WM 082), other XIX to N of Watch House Battery running towards Staddon Heights Battery (WM 079). Latter section walled on bo th sides with masonry retaining wall to E and masonry wall sheltering its W side. Two position finding cells inserted circa 1893 when Staddon Heights Battery built. Southern section of covered way followed by modern pathway. WM Military SX 4890 5095 Two structures to NE of Watch Moder HER 48743 SX45S Plymst Wemb 068 Building House Battery (WM 040): n E/19/6 ock ury concrete building platform and small sentry box with brick walls and concrete roof. Probably WW2 date. Also site of building, possibly WW1, shown on plan of 1920. WM Observati SX 4938 5099 Observation post, to S of Moder HER 48745 SX45S Plymst Wemb 069 on Post Bovisand Battery. WW1 or n E/43/2 ock ury WW2. Rectangular plan, built of concrete breeze-blocks. Window in S wall. Buildin g now roofless. WM Military SX 4911 5100 Earthwork site to N of Moder HER 48745 SX45S Plymst Wemb

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No 070 Earthwor Frobisher Battery (WM 041) n E/44/1 ock ury ks believed to be WW2 foxholes. Site consists of network of trenches, some with corrugated iron revetme nt visible. Site contains at least one sunken corrugated iron bunker. Located within earlier earthwork to N of road opposite Frobisher Battery. Earlier earthwork probably originates from excavation of magazines for battery: shown on 1896 OS map but not 187 0 OS map. WM Boundar SX 4910 5103 Iron railing fence dividing Moder HER 48747 SX45S Plymst Wemb 071 y Frobisher Battery from land to n E/44/2 ock ury NE. Runs from SX49055106 to SX49195088. Standard-issue War Office fence. Well preserved. WM Ditch SX 490 509 Military scarp and ditch, E of Post- HER 48748 SX45S SAM Plymst Wemb 072 Watch House Battery (WM Medie E/443/ 720 ock ury 040). One section of the val, 4 defensive scarp and ditch XIX protecting Staddon Heights (WM 101). Constructed 1860s. Connects Bovisand and Staddon Forts. Deep rock-cut

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No ditch, remains of revetment wall. Ditch in several sections. Opens out into terrace to E of guardhouse (WM 066). Scheduled Monument. WM Ditch SX 4918 5089 Continuation of ditch running Post- HER 48749 SX45S SAM Plymst Wemb 073 to E of Watch House Battery Medie E/443/ 720 ock ury (WM 072, WM 040); one val, 1 section of the defensive scarp XIX and ditch protecting Staddon Heights (WM 101). Constructed 1860s. Partly rock- cut. Crossed by iron railing fence (WM 071) to E of Frobisher Battery (WM 041). Scheduled Monument. WM Ditch SX 4958 5085 Military ditch, constructed Post- HER 48750 SX45S Plymst Wemb 074 1860s. One section of the Medie E/443/ ock ury defensive scarp and ditch val, 2 protecting Staddon Heights XIX (WM 101). Where ditch turns northwa rd to SE of Brownhill Battery (WM 044) there is a section of scarp revetted with dressed rubble limestone. Some evidence of road metalling. Some sections of scarp shown on OS maps surviving in good condition.

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No WM Ditch SX 4884 5070 Military ditch, constructed in Post- HER 48751 SX45S Plymst Wemb 075 1860s. One section of the Medie E/443/ ock ury defensive scarp and ditch val, 3 protecting Staddon Heights XIX (WM 101). Protects E side of Bovisand Fort and forms S end of ditch encircling Staddon Heights Defences. Rock-cut with masonry counterscarp. WM Military SX 4900 5099 Series of embankments Post- HER 48752 SX45S Plymst Wemb 076 Earthwor protecting landward side of Medie E/444 ock ury ks military road that connects the val, various elements of the Staddon XIX He ights Defences: Fort Stamford, Fort Staddon, Brownhill Battery (WM 044), Twelve Acre Battery (later Frobisher Battery, WM 041) and Watch House Battery (WM 040). Built 1861-69. Most sections have sloping top, some have surviving banquette to rear. Around fr ont of S part of position is a ditch and scarp providing further protection (WM 072). WM Military SX 4925 5100 Bank between Brownhill and Post- HER 48753 SX45S Plymst Wemb 077 Earthwor Frobisher Batteries (WM 044, Medie E/444/ ock ury ks WM 041). Flat top sloping val, 2

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No gently from rear to front, steep XIX edges. Short section of well- preserved embankment runs from SX48905052 to SX49035097 along S side of military road linking Watch House Battery (WM 040) with Twelve Acre Brake Battery (later Frobisher Battery WM 041).

WM Military SX 4950 5135 Bank along E side of military Post- HER 48754 SX45S Plymst Wemb 078 Earthwor road between Staddon Fort and Medie E/444/ ock ury ks Brownhill Battery (WM 044). val, 3 Long gentle slope on E side, XIX fairly pointed top and sh ort steep slope on W side. Built to protect road. WM Battery SX 4880 5115 Staddon Heights Battery. Built Post- HER 48755 SX45S Plymst Wemb 079 1893, disarmed circa 1904 when Medie E/445 ock ury Watch House Battery val, completed (WM 040). Site XIX visited 1990: much of the structure overgrown but probably survives intact. Concrete apron visible.

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No Magazines include ammunition hoist, cartridge store, shell store and lamp room as well as internal fittings such as light fittings and labels. Access to battery via sunken trackway at rear, partly visible. Battery associated with two position- finding cells to S (WM 081). WM Military SX 4884 5103 Covered way leading from rear Post- HER 48756 SX45S Plymst Wemb 080 Buildings of Staddon Heights Battery Medie E/445/ ock ury (WM 079) to position-finding val, 1 station adjoining Watch House XIX Battery (WM 040). Rubble stone wall on W side. WM Observati SX 4884 5097 Two Position Finding cells S of Post- HER 48757 SX45S Plymst Wemb 081 on Post Staddon H eights Battery (WM Medie E/445/ ock ury 079). Circa 1893-94. Built val, 2 within covered way (WM 080). XIX Rendered brick walls with slightly domed concrete roof supported on iron girders. Brick built WW2 observation post with concrete roof sited between the two cells. WM Artillery SX 4880 5073 Staddon Point Battery. Post- HER, 48759 SX45S 47901 Grade Plymst Wemb 082 Fort Scheduled Monument. Consists Medie LB E/447 0 II ock ury of keep dated 1847 approached val, by drawbridge from N. One of XIX

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No three batteries, along with Picklecombe and Eastern Kings, recomm ended by Parliamentary Committee on harbour defences of Plymouth in 1844. Eight gun embrasures shown on maps of 1872 and 1896. Covered way (WM 067) and road linked battery with others in area. More gun emplacements and accompanying magazines added in 1898-99. In WW2 two brick loop-holed walls added to protect battery from strafing. Battery used as offices and accommodation until abandonment in 1956-57. Structure of original battery remains intact apart from partial demolition of towers and remodelling of te rreplein in 1898-99. Built of limestone, on three levels, with gatehouse; dry moat to rear running parallel to curved battery wall. Few original fittings survive apart from three iron water pumps and drawbridge

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No mechanism in gatehouse. Monumental gateway pr obably dates to construction of Bovisand Fort in 1860s and provision of road linking the two. WM Wall SX 4881 5076 Boundary wall to N of Staddon Post- HER 48760 SX45S Plymst Wemb 083 Point Battery (WM 082), buil t Medie E/447/ ock ury after 1872. Limestone rubble. val, 1 Small brick shed, probably XIX toilet, adjoins wall to W of watch house (WM 084). WM Coastgua SX 4882 5075 Coastguard Lookout Station, Post- HER, 48761 SX45S SAM Plymst Wemb 084 rd also called the watch house, Medie Green E/449 720 ock ury Station outside N gate of Staddon Point val, wood Battery (WM 082). Shown as XIX 'Watch House' on C and J Greenwood's map of 1827. Built of local rubble, roughly dressed. Single storey, two rooms. Small doorway in N wall, large door in S wall. Concrete foundation i n SW corner may indicate use in WW2. Scheduled Monument. WM Searchlig SX 4870 5093 Searchlight structure on coast Moder HER 48762 SX45S Plymst Wemb 085 ht to NW of Watch House Battery n E/450 ock ury (WM 040). Built circa 1903. Square plan, built of concrete

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No and brick, flat roof. Opening on seaward side, door to rear. Access originally via bridge from S. Probably built to light minefield between shore and breakwater. Another searchlight nearby (WM 086). WM Searchlig SX 4872 5090 Searchlight structure on coast Moder HER 48763 SX45S Plymst Wemb 086 ht to NW of Watch House Battery n E/450/ ock ury (WM 040). Built circa 1900. 1 Square plan, built of concrete and brick. Window on seaward side, door to rear. Access originally down stairway f rom quarry above. Site of small building at base of stairway, possibly WW2 sentry post. Searchlight probably built to light minefield between shore and breakwater, may also have been a searchlight directing post. Another searchlight nearby (WM 085). WM Military SX 4877 5087 Two stairways, one leading N Post- HER 48764 SX45S Plymst Wemb 087 Building upslope towards Observation Medie E/450/ ock ury Post (WM 088), one leading W val, 2 down slope to rear of XIX searchlight. Site visited 1992: both stairways overgrown.

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No Remains of small masonry building adjoining junction. WM Observati SX 4878 5095 Observation Post to NE of Moder HER 48765 SX45S Plymst Wemb 088 on Post Watch House Battery (WM n E/451 ock ury 040). Small rectangular concrete structure with door to rea r and high window facing seawards. Access via sunken trackway down from Staddon Battery to N. Probably WW1 or WW2 Observation Post or Searchlight directing post. Site visited 1992: in poor condition, roof collapsing. WM Observati SX 4880 5094 Submarine Observation Station Post- HER 48766 SX45S Plymst Wemb 089 on Post N of Watch House Battery Medie E/451/ ock ury (WM 040). Built 1896. Concrete val, 1 structure comprising pair of XIX cells looking seawards, landscaped area to front. Roofed with armour plating. Approached via t rackway from Staddon and Staddon Point Batteries (WM 082). Built to observe minefield between end of Plymouth Breakwater and Bovisand Pier (WM 091). Rare survival of this type of structure. Site visited 1992: in

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No good condition, apart from rusted iron shutters. WM Wall SX 4872 5084 Wall recorded by 1992 Unkno HER 48767 SX45S Plymst Wemb 090 Plymouth Fortress Survey. wn E/453 ock ury WM Harbour SX 4861 5077 Bovisand Pier. Harbour and Post- HER, 48768 SX45S 47901 Grade Plymst Wemb 091 Pier. Buil t between 1816 and Medie LB E/454 5 II ock ury 1824 by John Rennie for val, watering of ships moored in XIX Plymouth Sound. Water piped from Bovisand Reservoir (WM 042). Constructed of finely dressed limestone masonry with granite coping stones, granite steps down to water. Main pier projects north westwards, has parapet along seaward side with walkway behind it. One branch projects NE from pierhead, another longer branch from landward end. WM Building SX 4871 5076 Small square stone structure Post- HER 48769 SX45S Plymst Wemb 092 with concrete roof, N of Medie E/454/ ock ury Bovisand Fort, E of Bovisand val, 1 Pier (WM 091). Shown as XIX 'Admiralty Store' on 1896 plan, and as 'Crane' on plan of similar date. Probably store built on site of crane. WM Searchlig SX 4862 5077 Searchlight position on Moder HER 48770 SX45S Plymst Wemb

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No 093 ht Bovisand Pierhead (WM 091). n E/454/ ock ury Small rectangular flat-roofed 2 concrete structure, blocked slit opening on seaward side. Built circa 1900, still operational in WW2. Now used as diving control room. Site visited 1992: in good condition. Second searchlight position of same date shown on 1898 and 1920s plans. WM Gun SX 4861 5077 Embrasure for machine gun Moder HER 48771 SX45S Plymst Wemb 094 Emplace located on parapet wall to N of n E/454/ ock ury ment extant 1898 searchlight position 3 (WM 060) SE of Bovisand Fort. Pivot of gun still visible. Probably WW2. WM Defensive SX 4950 5125 Defensive site immediately to N Moder HER 48773 SX45S Plymst Wemb 095 Site of Brownhill Battery (WM n, XX E/691 ock ury 044). Site comprises four concrete hut bases with remains of breeze-block walls and stairs. Main feature is a concrete tower at N end of one hut base, underlain by corridor. Also water tank, pump house (WM 096). Site visited 1992: buildings al l demolished apart from tower,

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No site is largely overgrown. Function of site unclear, possibly early concrete radar tower. Only example of its type around Plymouth. WM Pumping SX 4951 5119 Conc rete water tank and Moder HER 48774 SX45S Plymst Wemb 096 Station possible pumphouse at n E/691/ ock ury defensive site immediately to N 1 of Brownhill Battery (WM 095, WM 044). Probably WW2. Site visited 1992: tank complete, pumping-house largely demolished. WM Tunnel SX 4884 5066 Arched masonry tunnel, now Post- HER 48775 SX45S Plymst Wemb 097 containing large pipe. W end Medie E/692 ock ury enters 1860s ditch adjoining val, Bovisand Fort. Carried water XIX from reservoir (WM 042). Possibly dates to 1816, remodelled 1860s when ditch built.

WM Sea Wall SX 4869 5070 Sea wall. Built largely of Post- HER 48776 SX45S Plymst Wemb 098 dressed limestone, heightened Medie E/693 ock ury at some point. Probably dates val, to construction of Bovisand XIX Pier, 1816-24 (WM 091).

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No WM Battery SX 4914 5071 Bovisand Practice Battery. Post- HER 51600 SX45S Plymst Wemb 099 Located in car park about Medie E/448 ock ury 350m E of Bovisand Battery. val, Probably built early 1870s; XIX shown on 1872 map. Original field expense magazine, artillery store and gunshed now demolished but other magazines survive together with two later buildings, one of timber, shown on 1896 map. An 1872 gunpit remains, as well as concrete observation post containing central pillar located on hillside behind battery. Also square brick building, probably guardhouse from WW2. Site visited 1992: all remains seen to be in good condition except for timber building, used as a store. Other 1896 building being used as ice-cream parlour. WM Defensive SX 488 511 Site of St addon Heights Moder HER, 51616 SX45S Plymst Wemb 100 Site Barrage Balloon. WW2 site, n AP E/177 ock ury shown on 1946 RAF air photograph 2128 CPE/UK 1890. Sited to rear of Staddon Heights Battery (WM 079) in front of 19th century rifle butts

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No (WM 055). Consists of point with central square around it and outer circle of concrete bollards, which probably held pins to anchor balloon. WM Ditch SX 493 506 Defensive ditch and scarp. Deep Post- HER 51693 SX45S Plymst Wemb 101 ditch protecting Staddon Medie E/443 ock ury Heights Defences (WM 072, val, WM 073, WM 074, WM 075). XIX Extends from Fort Bovisand uphill N to Watch House Brake Battery, along to Twelve Acre Battery (later Frobisher Battery WM 041), on to S of Brownhill Battery (WM 044), then N up a scarp to Staddon Fort. Mostly rock-cut. Revetted with masonry in places, e.g. near Bovisand Fort, on scarp E of Watch House Battery (WM 040), and around Brownhill Battery (WM 044).

WM Military SX 4941 5120 Well-preserved section of Post- HER 51695 SX45S Plymst Wemb 102 Earthwor embankment, extending from Medie E/444/ ock ury ks Br ownhill Battery (WM 044) N val, 4 to Staddon Lane, SX49415120 XIX to SX 49605155. Cut by

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No passageway at S end providing access to WW2 site adjoining Brownhill Battery (WM 044); otherwise complete. Long gentle slope on E side, short steep slope to W. Built to protect military road. Site under scrub, E side part of pasture field. WM Scatter SX 493 516 160 flint fragments collected Prehist HER 56299 SX45S Plymst Wemb 103 after ploughing of field on oric E/4/2 ock ury Staddon Heights in 1996. WM Building SX 4876 5111 Small stone-built cell below Post- HER 58083 SX45S Plymst Wemb 104 footpath and Staddon Battery Medie E/785 ock ury (WM 048). Possibly a former val, guard station. XIX WM Bombing SX 497 502 Down Thomas Bombing Decoy. Moder HER 59228 SX45S Plymst Wemb 105 Decoy Bombing decoy for Plymouth, n E/787 ock ury in use by 1/8/1941. Special Fire or 'Starfish'-type to simulate urban damage. WM Bombing SX 4985 5000 Rectilinear feature shown on Moder HER 59229 SX45S Plymst Wemb 106 Decoy 1946 RAF ai r photograph: n E/787/ ock ury probably continuation of Down 1 Thomas Bombing Decoy (WM 105). WM Boundar SX 4962 5073 Two boundary stones SW of Post- HER 66939 SX45S Plymst Wemb 107 y Stones Bovisand Reservoir (WM 042). Medie E/829 ock ury One at top of steps at val,

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No SX49625073, one to S at XIX SX49625070. Shown on 1880s OS 25" map as Boundary Stone 31, Boundary Stone 32. 'Stones' also shown here on 1966 OS 6" map. WM Anti- SX 490 514 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Batt ery at Moder HER 71770 Wemb Wemb 108 Aircraft Staddon Heights, Plymouth. n ury ury Battery Site does not appear to have been armed. WM Anti- SX 494 511 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Moder HER 71781 Wemb Wemb 109 Aircraft Plymouth Devonport 'E3' n ury ury Battery Battery. WM Anti- SX 487 507 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery; Moder HER 71784 Wemb Wemb 110 Aircraft Plymouth Devonport 'L' n ury ury Battery Battery. WM Battery SX 489 508 Site of coastal battery at Moder HER 71922 Wemb Wemb 111 Bovisand Fort. Armament n ury ury changed over time. Operational during WW1 and WW2. WM Gun SX 4873 5068 Site of No.1 six-pounder gun at Moder HER 71923 Wemb Wemb 112 Emplace Bovisand Fort. n ury ury ment WM Gun SX 4876 5066 Site of No.2 six-pounder gun at Moder HER 71924 Wemb Wemb 113 Emplace Bovisand Fort. Installed 1943. n ury ury ment WM Quay SX 4924 5060 Bovisand Bay gun wharf. Post- HER 51617 SX45S Plymst Wemb 114 Probably built 1870s when Medie E/695 ock ury Bovisand Practice Battery val,

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No (WM 099) established above it XIX to N. Built by 1893. Presumably used for offloading guns brought around from Devonport by sea. WM Coin SX 52 48 Coin found on shore at Roman HER 1729 SX54 Wemb Wemb 115 Wembury some time before NW/2 ury ury 1956, now lost. Coin of Suessa Arucuna, a Latin colony of 4th- 2nd centuries BC near Terracina, S of Rome. WM Mill SX 5176 4847 Wembury Mill. Located on Medie HER, 1731 SX54 Wemb Wemb 116 coast SW of church. Site val, TM, NW/4 ury ury comprises mill building and Post- OS miller's house, earthworks of Medie 1:1056 mill leat and dam (WM 212) val 0, OS and channel leading water to 1:2500 top of wheel. Wheel possibly br oken up for scrap in WW1. Visited 1984: mill seen to be in good condition, used as café; miller's house as holiday accommodation. Mill served Wembury Manor, first referred to in record of 1581, mentioned in manor court records of 1691 and 1700. In first ha lf of 19th century mill was acquired by Langdon Estate. Shown as

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No 'Langdon Mill' on 1840 Tithe Map. Shown as 'Wembury Mill (corn)' on 1869 OS 1:10560 map (Sheet 130) and c. 1890 Os 1;2500 map. WM Ciderpre SX 518 485 Circular granite ciderpress Medie HER 1732 SX54 Wemb Wemb 117 ss trough formerly stood on beach val NW/4/ ury ury in front of mill house, 1 Wembury Mill (WM 116). May have originally come from mill and been discarded. Site visited 1984: trough no longer visib le, either removed or re-buried. WM Manor SX 5312 4920 Wembury House. Present Medie TM, 1733 SX54 10047 Grade Wemb Wemb 118 House house built 1803-6 for Thomas val, HER, NW/5 3 II* ury ury Lockyer. Two storeys plus attic XIX LB and basement. Built of rubble with ashlar dressing, slate hipped roof, rusticated quoins. Present house built on site of late 17th century house built by John Pollexfen. Late 17th century house was in turn a rebuilding or remodelling of an earlier 16th century house of legendary grandeur. Reference of 1701 (Princ e) describes this earlier house as being built 1561 out of remains of a cell of

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No Plympton Priory ('an old monkish dorter'). Built by Sir John Hele who bought the manor at the Dissolution. Same reference describes house as T- shaped in plan and costing 20,000 pounds sterling. 16th century park included saltwater lake supplied by tide (see WM 260). Devon Hearth Tax of 1674 records 42 hearths. John Pollexfen's house referred to as ruin in 1796/97. Reference of 1806 describes sale and stripping of materials on de molition of house in late 18th century. Rubble rampart or raised terrace (WM 158) only surviving remains of Sir John Hele's 16th century house. Terrace located across lawn in front of present house. Archway under central steps of terrace, now walled up, s aid to have led to sea via an underground passage. Tithe Map shows house (no. 717) as long rectangular structure divided into three, southern end

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No L-shaped in plan. The c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map shows larger structure. WM Chapel SX 5325 4941 Chapel of Hele Almshouses. In Post- HER, 1734 SX54 10047 Grade Wemb Wemb 119 centre of row of six rubble- Medie LB NW/6/ 2 II* ury ury stone almshouse built by Sir val, 1 Warwick Hele circa 1590 (WM XVI 125). Chapel is gabled, with round-headed doorway, wagon roof, and plaster relief above altar. WM Parish SX 5184 4850 Parish Church of St Werburgh. Medie HER, 1735 SX54 10047 Grade Wemb Wemb 120 Church Mostly 15th to early 16th val, LB NW/7 0 I ury ury century, with 14th century W XIV, tower. Restored 1886. XV/X Comprises chancel, nave, N and VI S aisles, small N transept/chapel, and tower. Granite piers and arches. Larger windows and square- headed W doorway are Perpendicular. Other features include Norman stoup just inside N aisle door, ancient oak seats, carved gables; ribs and part of car ved oak cornice in S aisle. In S porch oak ribs of roof carved with wheatears in wavy lines: restored 1886.

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No Sundial over S porch. Reredos, pulpit and font all late 19th century. Monuments include large wall monument of limestone to Sir John Hele and famil y, 1608. Church stands on a cliff and has long been a landmark for sailors. WM Rood SX 5184 4850 Small portion of rood screen Medie HER 1736 SX54 Grade Wemb Wemb 121 Screen standing in S aisle of parish val NW/7/ I ury ury church of St Werburgh (WM 1 120). Rest destroyed. WM Sundial SX 5184 4850 Sundial at parish church of St Post- HER 1737 SX54 Wemb Wemb 122 Werburgh (WM 120). Circular, Medie NW/7/ ury ury set in a square with numerals val, 2 irregularly placed. XVII WM Coin SX 51 48 Roman coins of Galba, circa Roman HER 1738 SX54 Wemb Wemb 123 AD 68, discovered at Wembury NW/1 ury ury in 1928. 6 WM Coin SX 52 49 Large copper coin found while Post- HER 4728 SX54 Wemb Wemb 124 ploughing field near Jubilee Medie NW/8 ury ury Inn, Wembury, in June 1876. val, An 'ore' of Christina, Queen of XVII Sweden, 1639. WM Almshous SX 5325 4941 Hele Almshouses. Built by Sir Post- HER, 13490 SX54 10047 Grade Wemb Wemb 125 e Warwick Hele circa 1590, Medie LB NW/6 2 II* ury ury mentioned in his will 1625. Six val, two-storey houses of r ubble XVI stone with slate roofs, three to

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No either side of central chapel (WM 119). Each house has two- lighted mullioned windows under a gable. Dated 1682 but this is misleading; date may refer to taking over of almshouses by new trustee. Almshouses restored an d modernised 1975. WM Scatter SX 515 485 Mesolithic flint implements Prehist HER 13492 SX54 Wemb Wemb 126 found at cliff site, Wembury. oric, NW/1 ury ury Site visited 2000: flints seen to Mesoli 0 be eroding out of cliff face and thic raised bea ch; two pit features observed 0.3-0.4m below present top of cliff, 8m apart. Flints found include 1 core, 6 flakes, 2 scrapers, and 1 worked piece. Now in Plymouth Museum. WM Deerpark SX 537 495 Deer Park enclosed at Post- HER 13493 SX54 Wemb Wemb 127 Wembury in late 16th century. Medie NW/5/ ury ury Tithe Map shows five fields in val, 10 this area named: 'Little Deer XVI Park', (no. 705), 'Great Deer Park', (no. 705a), 'Higher Deer Park', (no. 707), 'Middle Deer Park', (no. 708) and 'Yonder Deer Park', (no . 712). C. 1890

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No OS 1:2500 map shows no significant change in field boundaries. 1910 account of deerpark (Evans, TDA) shows it extending from rear of Almshouses (WM 125) as far as river. States that park was enclosed in later 16th century and not in 1539. WM Cropmar SX 5104 4919 Rectilinear cropmark visible on Unkno HER 13883 SX54 Wemb Wemb 128 k 1946 RAF air photograph. wn NW/1 ury ury Trapezoidal shape, approx. 2 100m long by 40m at one end, 50m at other. Origin unknown. Near several WW2 militar y sites, but no features visible on the ground. WM Anti- SX 5077 4912 Down Thomas Anti-Aircraft Moder HER 13884 SX54 33070 Wemb Wemb 129 Aircraft Battery. Scheduled Monument. n NW/1 ury ury Battery WW2 heavy anti-aircraft 3 battery located in arable field. Built 1 940. Site comprises four octagonal gun emplacements with concrete access road, command post, magazines, shelter, and store. Four octagonal emplacements built of shuttered concrete, each protected by concrete block

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No walls embanked with earth and each with ma gazine and shelters. Central gun mounting on each emplacement still survives. Two further rectangular gun emplacements located to NW. Also a sunken magazine protected by concrete blast walls, accessed by concrete track with embedded rails and containing in dividual recesses which retain labelling. Semi-sunken command post building in centre, protected by earth banks. Inside building are plotting room, telephonists' quarters, offices. Original guardhouse accommodation located to S of access road, now called P rinces Cottages (WM 219). Buildings, possibly barracks, visible on 1946 RAF air photograph (WM 197). Site visited 1992: whole site survives complete, though derelict; emplacements being used for storage of timber and farm equipment; also occupied by travel lers who left old vehicles

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No behind. WM Enclosur SX 5341 4982 Circular cropmark visible on Unkno HER 13886 SX54 Wemb Wemb 130 e 1946 RAF air photograph. wn NW/1 ury ury Diameter 60m. Date and origin 5 unknown, no feature visible on ground. Mark may have bee n caused by exercising of horses. Field name is 'Bonfire', neighbouring field 'Stone Ditches'. (see also WM 185)

WM Scientific SX 50 47 Bronze astrolabe found by Unkno HER 14607 SX54 Wemb Wemb 131 Instrume divers from Plymouth Sound wn NW/1 ury ury nt Sub-Aqua Club off Mewstone 7 Slimmers, Wembury Bay. WM Coin SX 5012 4818 Coin of Philip VI of France, Post- HER 15366 SX54 Wemb Wemb 132 found on beach near Mewstone. Medie NW/1 ury ury val 8 WM Mansion SX 5148 4972 Langdon Court Hotel. Site of Post- HER, 15468 SX54 10046 Grade Wemb Wemb 133 Domesday manor of Medie LB NW/1 4 II* ury ury 'Langadona'. Manor house of val, 9 medieval origin, rebuilt 1577, XVI, remodelled 1707, altered and XVIII, extended 1877. Building is now XIX a hotel. The original house had projecting wings left and right, but during the 1707 rem odelling the area between the wings was infilled by new

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No front and the house is now square in plan around a small central courtyard. Rubble with ashlar dressings and slate roofs; brick chimney stacks, stone mullioned windows. Staircase and windows date fro m 1707. Tower in NE corner dated 1877. WM Farmhou SX 5037 4992 Manor Farm, Wembury. Medie HER 15469 SX54 Wemb Wemb 134 se Manor of Down Thomas, val NW/2 ury ury probable site of manor referred 0 to in Domesday as 'Dona '. Nearby farm Barton also part of this manor. In 1215 manor gave its name to one of the tithings of the Plympton Hundred. Present house built 1814 on site of old manor house. WM Chapel SX 5040 4995 Priva te oratory dedicated to St Medie HER, 15470 SX54 Wemb Wemb 135 Mary Magdalene attached to val OS NW/2 ury ury former manor on site of 1:1056 0/1 present-day Manor Farm, 0 Wembury (WM 134). Said to have been demolished shortly before 1910. Building on this site shown as 'Wes. M. Chapel' (Wes. M. = Wesleyan

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No Methodist) on 186 9 OS 1:10560 map (sheet 130) and 'Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan)' on c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map. Suggests original chapel was reused as nonconformist chapel? Building no longer present on c. 1905 OS 1:2500 map, and Methodist chapel has moved to new site (WM 195).

WM Manor SX 5290 4999 Possible site of Domesday Medie HER 18290 SX54 Wemb Wemb 136 manor of 'Alfelmestone' at val, NW/2 ury ury Traine Farm (WM 209). May Post- 1 be same site as 'Nither Medie Treawin' recorded in 1332. val Elizabethan manor house known to hav e existed, possibly located to SE of present farmstead where evidence of walls and floors found. House had walled garden, orchard and warren. WM Field SX 5221 5118 'Culver Park', (no. 1504) and Post- TM, Plymst Wemb 137 Name 'Lower Culver Park Meadow', Medie OS ock ury (no. 1505) named on the 1842 val 1:2500 Plymstock Tithe Map. Name can describe land on which

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No there was a dovecote, or on which doves were common. Tithe Map and c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map show no associated features. See also WM 295. WM Building SX 5321 4917 Possible site of former Medie HER 19532 SX54 Wemb Wemb 138 Wembury House, (WM 118) val NW/5/ ury ury visible as parch marks in 2 drought of 1976 in grounds of present house (built 1806 onwards). Marks appeared to be those of buildin g foundations. Possibly earlier farm buildings, rather than house. WM Chapel SX 5312 4925 Chapel site at Wembury, Medie HER 19533 SX54 Wemb Wemb 139 recorded in Bishops' Register val NW/5/ ury ury of 1334. 3 WM Ferry SX 539 476 Noss Ferry (see Newton and Post- HER, 23176 SX54 Wemb Wemb 140 Noss database NN 085). Ferry Medie OS NW/2 ury ury route of the 'Yealm Ferry' val, 1:1056 7/1 shown on the 1869 OS 1:10560 XVIII 0 map (sheet 130). WM Coin SX 528 498 Silver penny of King John Medie HER 27569 SX54 Wemb Wemb 141 (1199-1216) found at Lower val NW/3 ury ury Traine by metal detectorist. 0 WM Garden SX 5147 4966 Two garden houses or gazebos Post- HER, 29859 SX54 10046 Grade Wemb Wemb 142 Buildings approx. 35m S of Langdon Medie LB NW/1 6 II* ury ury Court Hotel (WM 133). val, 9/1

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No Probably built betwe en 1680 XVII/ and 1705, remodelled circa XVIII, 1877. Built of stone rubble with XIX red brick gabled fronts in English bond, slate roof on E gazebo, W one is roofless. Two storeys although originally single-storey. Painting of early 18th century shows domed roofs on both gazebos. Substantial alterations to both circa 1877; upstairs room of W gazebo was boiler house heating water for hothouse built against back wall. WM Gate SX 5150 4970 Two pairs of gate piers Post- HER, 29860 SX54 10046 Grade Wemb Wemb 143 adjoining south-west and south- Medie LB NW/1 5 II* ury ury east sides of Langdon Court val, 9/2 Hotel (WM 133). 17th century. XVII. Two double pairs of gate piers. Granite ashlar. Large square section piers with moulded cornice caps and pyramidal obelisk finials. At either side smaller similar piers to pedestrian way. WM Gate SX 5305 4923 Garden boundary walls and Post- HER, 29861 SX54 10047 Grade Wemb Wemb 144 gate piers. Immediately NW Medie LB NW/5/ 5 II ury ury and SE of Wembury House. val, 4

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No Early 19th century. Walls built XIX of stone rubble to N and S of rectangular garden, gate piers at E end of each wall. S gate piers stone, square plan; N gate piers rusticated ashlar, square plan, and have ornamental wrought iron gates. WM Mine SX 5405 4979 Wheal Emily Mine. Former Post- HER, 30520 SX54 Wemb Wemb 145 antimony mine on Knighton Medie OS NW/3 ury ury Farm. Operated some time val, 1:1056 8 before 1849, reopened in that XIX 0 year and worked until 1852. Shaft and capstan on S side of Wembury Wood were visible in 1922, now ploughed over. Site visited 1984: shallow adit in wood; portal of deep adit on foreshore; waste dump and back wall of one building visible at portal of shallow adit. Narrow gauge rails laid into shallow adit and trenches dug to drain water, portal re- timbered to prevent collapse. Site owned by National Trust since 1995. Shown as 'Wheal Emily Mine (Antimony)' on the 1869 OS 1:10560 map (sheet

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No 130). WM Farmstea SX 5310 4910 Po ssible site of former Medie HER 30521 SX54 Wemb Wemb 146 d farmstead. Site in a wood. val, NW/3 ury ury Shown on OS Surveyor's Post- 7 Drawing of 1784-85. May have Medie been 'Wembury Ferme' val mentioned in Ministers' Accounts of Henry VIII, or later building on same site. Appears to have been cleared when Wembury House began to be laid out in 1806. WM Farmhou SX 5327 4901 'Old Barton'. Farm appears to Post- HER, 30522 SX54 Wemb Wemb 147 se have been built 1806 to replace Medie OS NW/3 ury ury farm on other side of lane. 'Old val, 1:2500 6 Barton' shown on c. 1890 OS XIX 1:2500 map. WM Cottage SX 5383 4781 Warren Cottages. Probably Post- HER, 30523 SX54 Wemb Wemb 148 built for warrener who Medie OS NW/3 ury ury managed warren on Wembury val 1:2500 5 Manor. 'Warren Cottages' shown on c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map. Site visited 1984, warren walls still extant and of a more massive construction than more recent field walls of nearby Old Barton farm. WM Quay SX 5377 4775 Fish Quay. Probably replaced Post- HER, 30524 SX54 Wemb Wemb 149 or built in addition to cellars a t Medie OS NW/3 ury ury

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No Old Cellars Beach. 'Fish Store' val 1:2500 4 shown on c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map. WM Pillbox SX 5176 4844 Concrete pillbox on E side of Moder HER 30525 SX54 Wemb Wemb 150 Wembury beach. Built WW2, n NW/3 ury ury one of a pair (WM 276). Built 3 into wall wi th concrete steps leading down from Langdon Mill (WM 116). Only bases of walls and base of door aperture survive. WM House SX 5212 4844 Site of 19th century house Post- HER 30526 SX54 Wemb Wemb 151 destroyed by bomb in WW2. Medie NW/3 ury ury Site visited 1984 : wall footings val, 2 remain seaward side of coast XIX path at top of cliff road. Stone seat close to site. WM Creep SX 5255 4830 Sheep creeps. 19th century. Post- HER 30527 SX54 Wemb Wemb 152 Series of rectangular openings Medie NW/3 ury ury in field wall t o allow sheep to val, 1 come from field to graze on cliff XIX top. Openings could be blocked with slate slabs. WM Cottage SX 5352 4803 Rocket Cottage. Originally Post- HER 30528 SX54 Wemb Wemb 153 built to house portable rocket Medie NW/2 ury ury life-saving apparatus used by val, 8 coastguards to rescue people XIX from wrecked ships. Rebuilt from ruin as a cottage. Site

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No visited 1984: cottage in good state of repair. WM Wall SX 5325 4929 Kitchen garden walls a nd gate Post- HER, 30530 10047 Grade Wemb Wemb 154 piers belonging to Wembury Medie LB 7 II ury ury House (WM 118) located val, approx. 120m NE of house. XIX Early 19th century. Stone rubble walls with plain stone copings enclosing a rectangular kitchen garden. Square-plan ashlar gate piers to road on west side, with moulded ca ps and ball finials. The kitchen garden is detached from the grounds of Wembury House by a road.

WM Gate SX 5323 4942 Two pairs of gate piers and Post- HER, 30531 SX54 10047 Grade Wemb Wemb 155 linking walls approx. 230m Medie LB NW/5/ 6 II ury ury NNE of We mbury House (WM val, 7 118). Early 19th century. Gate XIX piers of ashlar, square plan, moulded cornices and hemispherical caps. Two similar outer piers, without hemispherical caps linked by low stone rubble walls.

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No WM Lodge SX 5322 4940 Site of earlier lodge for Post- HER 30532 SX54 Wemb Wemb 156 Wembury House (WM 118), Medie NW/5/ ury ury where present lodge building val, 6 stands. Earlier lodge built by XIX Sir John Hele, larger than present building. Drive beyond lodge followed same curve and direction as present one. WM House SX 5306 4912 'Monckswood'. House built in Moder HER 30533 SX54 Wemb Wemb 157 1930s on site of stable block of n NW/5/ ury ury Wembury House (WM 118). 5 Name probably taken from site of a grange farm of Plympton Priory nearby. Site visited 1984: in good repair. WM Wall SX 5302 4918 Walled terrace at Wembury Post- HER, 30534 SX54 10047 Grade Wemb Wemb 158 House (WM 118) known as The Medie LB NW/5/ 4 II* ury ury Mount. Massive, rampart-like, val, 1 faced in stone rubble with XVI granite dressings, grassed wal k on top. Said to be underground passage from beneath terrace steps leading to sea; passage now walled up. Thirteen buttresses on outer (W) terrace wall; steps on E side leading down to lawn; more buttresses at sides. Terrace could be remains of original m ansion of

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No Sir John Hele who bought estate in 1590s. Ornamental or possibly for defence against pirates. Has been suggested that terrace built out of remains of a tithe barn, unroofed and infilled to form this feature. Possible reference to a tithe barn at Wembury in an indenture of 1567. WM Garden SX 514 497 Garden of Langdon Court Post- HER 32467 SX54 Grade Wemb Wemb 159 Hotel (WM 133). Historic Park Medie NW/1 2 ury ury or Garden, Grade 2. Late val 9/3 17th/early 18th formal terraced garden wi thin grounds of 2.8 ha. Also walled kitchen garden, rectangular fishpond. Formal garden on S side of house, layout much the same as in post-1707 painting in Plymouth Museum. Terraces extend S from house on rising ground, central path and connecting steps. Walls to E, W and S with 17th century gate piers on larger terrace, also stone-lined oval pond (WM 179). Two gazebos (WM 142) stand at junction of N and S terraces.

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No WM Farmhou SX 5260 4952 West Wembury House. Late Post- HER, 36070 SX54 10047 Grade Wemb Wemb 160 se 18th century. Built of slate Medie LB NW/6 1 II ury ury rubble with granite quoins and val, 1 slate hung front; slate roof with XVIII gabled ends. Two storeys. Four- window range. 19th century sash windows, brick chimney stacks at gable ends. Large later wing at rear wit h hipped roof. WM Boathous SX 5377 4806 Boathouse immediately NE of Post- HER, 36071 SX54 10046 Grade Wemb Wemb 161 e coastguard cottages (WM 162). Medie LB, NW/6 9 II ury ury Early 19th century. val, OS 0/1 Whitewashed stone rubble; XIX 1:1056 slurried slate hipped roof. Wide 0 doorway at E end with stone rubble slipway to river. Plank door and multi-pane fixed-light window on south side. The building is shown on the 1869 OS 1:10560 map (sheet 130). WM Cottages SX 5376 4804 Nos 1, 2 and 3. Row of three Post- HER, 36072 SX54 10046 Grade Wemb Wemb 162 coastguard cottages at Warren Medie LB, NW/6 8 II ury ury Point. Early 19th century. val, OS 0 Stone rubble; low-pitched, XIX 1:1056 slurried slate hipped roof. Two 0 storeys, seven-window range. Horizontally sliding sashes with glazin g bars. Three rendered

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No chimney stacks on ridge. 'Coastguard Station' shown on the 1869 OS 1:10560 (sheet 130) and 1905 1:10560 maps; 'Old Coastguard' shown on 1954 OS 1:10560 map. WM Lodge SX 5130 4969 'Langdon Lodge'. Late 19th Post- HER, 36073 SX54 10046 Grade Wemb Wemb 163 century Tudor-style cottage. Medie LB NW/5 3 II ury ury Slate rubble with granite val, 9 dressings and some timber XIX framing. Thatched roof, gable ends with shaped bargeboards. L-shaped plan, two storeys; gable end to road is j ettied. Leaded window panes, some granite mullion windows. Tall red brick central chimney stack. Later 19th century slate- roofed extension at rear (south).

WM Barn SX 5144 4959 'The Tithe Barn'. Barn Post- HER, 36074 SX54 10046 Grade Wemb Wemb 164 converted into house. 18th Medie LB NW/5 2 II ury ury century. Built of ashlar with val, 8/4 steeply pitched slate roof with XVIII gabled ends. Cart entrance with segmental arch, above cartway a round-arched tablet showing Calmady arms. Large arched

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No loft doorway in gable end. Altered at rear with 20th century windows and balcony. WM Outbuildi SX 5148 4952 Cart shed with loft above Post- HER, 36075 SX54 10046 Grade Wemb Wemb 165 ng approx. 75m NNW of Langton Medie LB NW/5 1 II ury ury Barton Farmhouse (WM 168). val, 8/3 Late 18th or early 19th century. XVIII, Built of slate rubble with slate XIX roof with gabled ends. Two storeys. Three ground-floor cart bays with arches and square piers. First floor loft door, similar arched door in gable end. 19th century outshut at rear. WM Shippon SX 5148 4951 Shippon with hayloft above, Post- HER, 36076 SX54 10046 Grade Wemb Wemb 166 approx. 50m NNW of Langdon Medie LB NW/5 0 II ury ury Barton Farmhouse (WM 168). val, 8/2 Late 18th or early 19th century. XVIII/ Built of slate rubble, slate and XIX corruga ted iron roof with gabled ends. Two storeys, L- shaped plan. Later segmental brick arches to doorways. Loft door at ground level at rear. WM Shippon SX 5149 4948 Shippon with hayloft above, Post- HER, 36077 SX54 10045 Grade Wemb Wemb 167 approx. 20m NW of Langdon Medie LB NW/5 9 II ury ury Barton Farmhouse (WM 168). val, 8/1 17th or 18th century with late XVII/

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No 18th/early 19th century wing XVIII, forming L-shaped plan. Built of XVIII/ slate rubble with slate roof with XIX gabled and hipped ends with deep eaves. Two storeys. Doo rs and windows with segmental stone arches, granite and wooden lintels. Small doorway in loft. WM Farmhou SX 5153 4946 Langdon Barton Farmhouse. Post- HER, 36078 SX54 10045 Grade Wemb Wemb 168 se 18th cent ury house of rendered Medie LB NW/5 8 II ury ury stone rubble with slate roof val, 8 with gabled ends. End and XVIII ridge chimney stacks. Extension at rear forming double depth plan. Two storeys, five-window range. Doorway to left of centre with pilaster doorcase and pedimental hood; tympanum h as small pineapple in relief.

WM Cottage SX 5294 4966 Cottage, 27 Knighton Road, Post- HER, 36079 SX54 10045 Grade Wemb Wemb 169 Knighton. 16th or 17th century. Medie LB NW/5 7 II ury ury Colourwashed rubble, steeply val, 7 pitched asbestos slate roof wit h XVI/X gabled ends. Two storeys. VII Three-window range. Small 19th and 20th century

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No casements. 20th century dormers at rear. Interior: wooden stairs at either end; one fireplace. Central chimney stack removed WM Farmhou SX 5048 4988 Princes Farmhouse. Late 18th Post- HER, 36080 SX54 10045 Grade Wemb Wemb 170 se century. Slate rubble with slate Medie LB NW/5 6 II ury ury hung front, concrete tiled roof val, 6 with gabled ends. Rendered XVIII, chimney stacks at gable ends. XIX/ Two storeys, three bays. 19th XX century sash window s, first floor casement. Central flush panel door and late 19th/early 20th century gabled porch. Two wings to rear WM Beacon SX 5441 4831 Field of 4 ha. named 'Beaco n Post- HER 36083 SX54 Wemb Wemb 171 Field' on 1840 Tithe Award. Medie NW/5 ury ury Possible site of beacon. Lies at val, 2 end of high ridge adjacent to XIX Beacon Hill Farm. WM Barrow SX 5221 4853 Field named 'Outer Burrows' Prehist HER, 36084 SX54 Wemb Wemb 172 (no. 650), and adjacent field to oric TM, NW/5 ury ury the north named 'Great OS 1 Burrows' (no. 655) on 1840 1:2500 Tithe Award. Possible site of barrow(s). Site visited 1987: Outer Burrow field overlain by housing development, adjacent

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No field under permanent pasture. No evidence of mounds remaining and no features show n on Tithe Map or c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map. WM Pits SX 5387 4999 Field of 3.75 ha. named 'Black Post- HER, 36085 SX54 Wemb Wemb 173 Pitts' on Tithe Award (no. 511). Medie TM, NW/5 ury ury Black may refer to land with val, OS 0 dark soil or vegetation. Can XIX 1:2500 al so describe soil blackened by fire, or former industrial activity Could indicate former industrial activity. 'Pits' may refer to quarrying or excavation associated with an industrial process. No features visible on the 1840 Tithe Map or c.1890 OS 1:2500 map.

WM Field SX 5292 4958 Square field of 0.5 ha. named Post- HER 36086 SX54 Wemb Wemb 174 Name 'Round Meadow' on Tithe Medie NW/4 ury ury Award. Possible site of enclosed val, 9 settlement. Site visited 1987: no XIX evidence of earthwork. WM Warren SX 5310 4994 One field of 1.75 ha. on 1840 Post- HER 36087 SX54 Wemb Wemb 175 Tithe Map named 'Warren', Medie NW/4 ury ury (no. 467). The name may val, 8

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No indicate site of a rabbit warren XIX to breed rabbits for food. Warren was possibly associated wi th former manor house at Traine (WM 136). WM Field SX 5021 4923 Small field in valley floor beside Post- HER, 36088 SX54 Wemb Wemb 176 Name Hey Brook named 'Mill Ditch' Medie TM, NW/4 ury ury on 1840 Tithe Map (no. 99). val, OS 7 Tithe Map shows no significant XIX 1:2500 fe atures. Adjacent wood named as 'Millditche Brake' on c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map. WM Warren SX 5180 4950 Sub-circular field of 1 ha. Post- HER, 36089 SX54 Wemb Wemb 177 named 'The Warren' , (no. 43) Medie TM, NW/4 ury ury on 1840 Tithe Map. The name val, OS 6 may indicate site of a rabbit XIX 1:2500 warren i.e. land set apart for the breeding of rabbits. (See also WM 176). The c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map now shows a small pheasantry located to the east of the field and kennels to the west. WM Butt SX 5096 4987 Field of 1 ha. named 'Butt Post- HER, 36090 SX54 Wemb Wemb 178 Park' on Tithe Award (no.380). Medie TM, NW/4 ury ury 'Butt' can either refer to val, 5 archery butts, i.e. land once XIX used for archery, or to land that was once the irregularly

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No shaped end-piece of an open field strip. WM Garden SX 5147 4968 Garden wall, steps and gate Post- HER, 36092 SX54 10046 Grade Wemb Wemb 179 piers immediately S of Langdon Medie LB NW/1 7 II* ury ury Court Hotel. Late 17th/early val, 9/4 18th century. Walls of red XVII/ brick in English bond with XVIII plain stone coping. Southernmost walls are slate rubble. Granite steps from lower garden to terrace with brick piers at the end. Oval pond at centre of lower garden with moulded granite kerbstones. WM Barracks SX 518 485 Yealm Redoubt Barracks, near Post- HER 42854 SX54 Wemb Wemb 180 Wembury at mouth of Yealm. Medie NW/7 ury ury Brick-built, 1803. No plans val, 4 survive. Decommissioned 1816. XIX Exact location uncertain. WM Defensive SX 501 473 Site of WW2 radar site on the Moder HER 43344 SX54 Wemb Wemb 181 Site Mew Stone. n NW/7 ury ury 6 WM Mill SX 5185 4872 Langdon Mill, belonging to Medie Donn, Wemb Wemb 182 Langdon Manor. Located on val, OSSD, ury ury the W side of the stream that Post- Calma also fed Wembury Mill (WM Medie dy 116) . Mill is referred to in 1283 val Atlas Inquisition Post Mortem of

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No Thomas Pipard. Shown as 'Wembury Mill' on Donn's map of 1765. 'Langdon Mill' is shown on the 1784-6 OS Surveyors Drawing (Wembury Mill is not). Mill, millpond and leat are shown but not named on a 17 91 map in the Calmady Atlas. Mill is not shown on the 1840 Tithe Map. It went out of use sometime during the first half of the 19th century after Langdon Manor acquired Wembury Mill. WM Quarry SX 5201 5109 Quarry Field', (no. 1503) Post- TM, Plymst Wemb 183 named on the 1842 Plymstock Medie OS ock ury Tithe Map. Tithe Map shows val 1:2500 semi-circular feature on the south-eastern boundary, probably the quarry. The c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map does not show this feature, but does show a quarr y just north of the southern boundary. WM Quarry SX 5268 4829 Field on 1840 Tithe Map named Post- HER 43498 SX54 Wemb Wemb 184 'Quarry Park', (no. 671). Tithe Medie NW/8 ury ury Map shows no quarry in the val 0 field. The c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map shows 'Old Quarry ' in the

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No south-east corner of the field. Quarry supplied stone for field walls and buildings. Shown as 'Old Quarry' on 1954 OS 6" map. WM Field SX 5344 4977 Field name 'Bonfire' shown on Post- HER 43499 SX54 Wemb Wemb 185 Name 1840 Ti the Map referring to Medie NW/8 ury ury two fields (nos 519 and 544) on val, 1 either side of road (WM 130). XIX Fields are not situated on high ground, which may rule out the possibility of the site being used for a beacon. Tithe Map and c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map show no significant featu res. (See WM 130) WM Battery SX 4875 5075 Coastal battery at Fort Moder HER 39601 SX45S Plymst Wemb 186 Bovisand; WW2 and later. In n, XX E/18/1 ock ury 1942 battery was rearmed with 6 pounder QF guns. Emplacements, constructed from brick and reinforced shuttered concrete, overlie earlier ones for Hotchkiss guns. Observation towers and shelters also survive, together with a probable glass-roofed Royal Observer Corps aircraft observation post. Four new

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No searchlight positions were built on shoreline below f ort. Battery maintained until 1956. WM Warren SX 537 478 'Warren Point' and 'Warren Post- HER 43593 Wemb Wemb 187 Cottages' (WM 148) shown on Medie ury ury 1915 OS 6" map. Warren val Cottages were built for warrener who managed the warren for co mmercial rabbit breeding. The warren was part of Wembury Manor WM Church SX 5184 4850 Paten in parish church of St Post- HER 43892 SX54 Wemb Wemb 188 Plate Werburgh (WM 120). Made Medie NW/7/ ury ury 1705 by Peter Rowe. val 3 WM Wreck SX 50 47 Wreck of 'Jeune Adelle'. Post- HER 44656 SX54 Wemb Wemb 189 Wrecked on the Mewstone in Medie NW/8 ury ury 1814. val, 3 XIX WM Chapel SX 5311 4896 'Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan)' Post- HER, 45423 SX54 Wemb Wemb 190 shown on c. 1890 OS 1:2500 Medie OS NW/8 ury ury map. 'Methodist Chapel' shown val, 1:2500 9 on 1915 OS 6" map. Same XIX building shown as 'Thorn Cottage' on 1954 OS 1:10560 map. WM Building SX 5248 4950 'Reading Room' at West Post- HER, 45424 SX54 Wemb Wemb 191 Wembury shown on 1915 OS Medie OS NW/9 ury ury 6" map but not on 195 4 OS 6" val, 1:2500 0 map. Not shown on c. 1890 OS XIX

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No 1:2500 map. Shown on c. 1905 OS 1:2500 map. WM School SX 5244 4947 'School' at West Wembury Post- HER, 45425 SX54 Wemb Wemb 192 shown on 1915 OS 6" map and Medie OS NW/9 ury ury on 1954 OS 6" map. Shown o n val, 1:2500 1 c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map. XIX WM Kennels SX 5171 4948 'Kennel' shown on the 1869 OS Post- HER, 45426 SX54 Wemb Wemb 193 1:10560 map (sheet 130); Medie OS NW/9 ury ury 'Kennels' shown on 1915 OS 6" val, 1:1056 2 map. Shown with the name XIX 0 'Mount Pleasant' on 195 4 OS 6" map. WM Pheasant SX 5184 4950 'Pheasantry' at Langdon Post- HER, 45427 SX54 Wemb Wemb 194 ry Barton shown on 1915 OS 6" Medie OS NW/9 ury ury map but not on 1954 OS 6" val, 1:2500 3 map. Shown on c. 1890 OS XIX 1:2500 map. WM Chapel SX 5044 4985 'Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan)' Post- HER, 45428 SX54 Wemb Wemb 195 shown on c. 1890 and c. 1905 Medie OS NW/9 ury ury OS 1:2500 maps. 'Methodist val, 1:2500 4 Chapel' shown on 1954 OS XIX 1:10560 map. Replaced chapel WM 135.

WM Settlemen SX 501 473 Reference to settlement on Post- HER 48806 SX54 Wemb Wemb 196 t Mew Stone founded by Medie NW/9 ury ury criminal condemned to live val 5 there. His daughter and her

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No husband remained there in 19th century. WM Military SX 5050 4920 Military buildings, possibly Moder HER 50864 SX54 33070 Wemb Wemb 197 Building barracks, associated with Down n NW/1 ury ury Thomas Anti-Aircraft Battery 3/1 (WM 129). Visible on 1946 RAF air photograph. Within Scheduled Monument area (same SM no. as WM 129). WM Defensive SX 501 487 HMS Cambridge. Naval Moder HER 50865 SX54 33070 Wemb Wemb 198 Site gunnery training establishment. n NW/1 ury ury Visible on 1946 RAF air 00 photograph, buildings marked on 1954 OS 6" map. No buildings shown on 1915 OS 6" map, but rectangular enclosure is shown with War Department boundary stones. Air photograph appears to indicate site used for accommodation, stores, central services. Facility established in 1940, made permanent after WW2. Named HMS Cambridge in 1956 and developed and expanded as main naval gun nery school and live firing range for UK. After end of Cold War, many functions became redundant.

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No Decision made to close facility in 1999. Ministry of Defence demolished most buildings in 2002. Site purchased by National trust in 2006. Trust intend to demo lish remaining buildings (Leach Building and Naval Military Training School buildings). WM Military SX 5023 4865 Two parallel rows of infantry Moder HER 50866 SX54 Wemb Wemb 199 Earthwor trenches visible on 1946 RAF n NW/1 ury ury ks air photograph. T renches 00/1 zigzag for 200m, SW-NE. WM Defensive SX 5005 4861 Rectangular enclosure approx. Moder HER 50867 SX54 Wemb Wemb 200 Site 65mx30m shown on 1915 OS 6" n NW/1 ury ury map. War Department 00/2 boundary stones shown at corners. One boundary stone at SW cor ner shown on 1954 OS 6" map. Site incorporated into HMS Cambridge (WM 198).

WM Military SX 501 485 Possible site of Position Finding Moder HER 51622 SX54 Wemb Wemb 201 Building Cell at Wembury, one of a n NW/9 ury ury group making up a Position 6 Findi ng Station shown on 1915 map of telephone

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No communications for Plymouth Fortress. Wembury Position Finding Station also shown on 1911 6" map showing Plymouth Fortress defence scheme. Rest of buildings may lie under buildings of HMS Cambridge (WM 198). WM Military SX 5294 4878 Military building to SE of Moder HER 51626 SX54 Wemb Wemb 202 Building Wembury village, on S-facing n NW/1 ury ury spur about 1km N of coast, 4/1 300m to SW of Old Barton Farm. Concrete building containing two windowless rooms off central co rridor. Function of site not known, but probably WW2 defensive sit. Probably related to building located 250m to N (WM 203). WM Military SX 5296 4890 Military building at end of Moder HER 51627 SX54 Wemb Wemb 203 Building green lane 250m t o W of Old n NW/1 ury ury Barton Farm, about 250m N of 4/2 another military building (WM 202). Concrete, two storeys. Probably related to building to S. Function not known but probably WW2 defensive site. WM Pillbox SX 5193 4872 Concrete pillbox at head of Moder HER 54149 SX54 Wemb Wemb 204 combe, inland from Wembury n NW/1 ury ury

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No beach. WW2 defensive site. 03 Visited 1995: pillbox in private garden, appeared to be in good condition. WM Air Raid SX 524 494 WW2 air rai d shelter at West Moder HER 55127 SX54 Wemb Wemb 205 Shelter Wembury school. n NW/9 ury ury 8 WM Enclosur SX 5272 4870 Irregular prehistoric enclosure Prehist HER 55129 SX54 Wemb Wemb 206 e cut by modern hedgebanks oric NW/9 ury ury visible as cropmark on 1946 7 RAF air photograph. WM Enclosur SX 5249 4902 Roughly circular enclosure Prehist HER 55130 SX54 Wemb Wemb 207 e visible as cropmark on 1946 oric NW/1 ury ury RAF air photograph. 05

WM Smithy SX 5293 4965 Blacksmith's workshop in West Post- HER, 60527 SX54 47522 Grade Wemb Wemb 208 Wembury. Early to mid 19 th Medie LB, NW/1 2 II ury ury century. Two storeys. Stone val, OS 07 rubble with corrugated iron XIX 1:1056 roof with gabled ends. Stone 0 rubble axial chimney stack with brick shaft. Weatherboarded

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No outshut on west end with lean- to asbestos tile roof. Interior: forge near W end, stone stack with slated can opy, bellows behind. Shown as 'Smithy' on the 1869 OS 1:10560 map (sheet 130). WM Farmstea SX 5290 4999 Traine Farm. Large square Post- HER 61520 SX54 Wemb Wemb 209 d Georgian farmhouse with Medie NW/2 ury ury courtya rd and farm buildings val, 1/1 to E. Barn on E side late 18th XVIII century, other buildings early 20th century. Farm buildings incorporate good quality stone that is believed to have been reused from Wembury House. Site visited 2000: other architectural fragments lying around. Traine Farm believed to be site of medieval manor (WM 136). WM Pit SX 5165 4852 Small, round-bottomed U- Prehist HER 62543 SX54 Wemb Wemb 210 shaped pit below top of cliff at oric NW/1 ury ury Wembury Beach. Site visited 0/1 2000: edges of p it are reddened to thickness of 0.04m, suggesting burning. Pit 0.3m deep by max. 0.8m wide. Top of pit 0.3m below top of cliff. Pit

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No fill contained stones, possible clay fragments, burnt bone fragment. Similar feature 8m to W. WM Pit SX 5165 4852 Small U-shaped pit feature Prehist HER 62544 SX54 Wemb Wemb 211 exposed in cliff at Wembury oric NW/1 ury ury Beach approx. 8m to W of 0/2 other pit (WM 210). Similar but slightly deeper. Site visited 2000: Pit 0.4m deep by max. 0.7 wide. Top of pit 0.4m below top of cliff. E edge reddened by burning, significant deposit of burnt black material in pit, possibly charcoal fragments, as well as burnt stones. WM Leat SX 5180 4860 Earthworks, probably of Medie HER 63469 SX54 Wemb Wemb 212 Langdon Mill (WM 116) leat val NW/4/ ury ury and dam, observed in meadow 2 behind Wembury Beach. WM Organic SX 517 485 Peat sample from Wembury. Unkno HER 63752 SX54 Wemb Wemb 213 Deposit Sent to Glasgow University for wn NW/1 ury ury palaeoenvironmental 10 investigation. Results unknown. 1999 reference to sample. WM Farmstea SX 5283 4980 Site of small farmstead at Post- HER 66705 SX54 Wemb Wemb 214 d Lower Traine. Three buildings Medie NW/1 ury ury shown on 1780 map, two shown val, 1 on 1830 OS map. See also XVIII

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No Traine Farm (WM 209). WM Coin SX 529 499 Coins found by metal Roman HER 66706 SX54 Wemb Wemb 215 detectorist to E and SE of , Post- NW/2 ury ury Traine Farm (WM 209) up to Medie 1/2 1986. Assemblage included val possible Roman coin, gold Elizabethan coin, several Georgian coins. Also included tokens. WM Butterwel SX 5292 4989 Butterwell to SE edge of pond Post- HER 66707 SX54 Wemb Wemb 216 l at Traine Farm (WM 209). Medie NW/2 ury ury Structure has three stone sides val 1/3 with a slate shelf and roof. Iron pipe beneath doorway kept water level at 10 cm deep. Reported to be still in use in 1920s. WM Scatter SX 529 499 Flint artefacts found at Traine Prehist HER 66708 SX54 Wemb Wemb 217 Farm (WM 209). Include oric, NW/2 ury ury possible scrapers and hand axe. Post- 1/4 Also gun flint and striker for Medie tinderbox. val WM Quarry SX 5290 4977 Site of quarry for local building Post- HER 66709 SX54 Wemb Wemb 218 material. Another filled-in Medie NW/1 ury ury quarry located to W at val 12 SX52804980. WM Cottage SX 5087 4918 Nos 1 and 2 Princes Cottages. Moder HER 68202 SX54 Wemb Wemb 219 Originally guardhouse n NW/1 ury ury accommodation for Down 3/2

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No Thomas Anti-Aircraft Battery (WM 129), converted into dwellings after WW2. Demolished prior to redevelopment in 2003. WM Pit SX 5170 4853 Pit with slate lining. Vertical Medie HER 70543 SX54 Wemb Wemb 220 slabs of slate driven into base of val, V, NW/1 ury ury pit, 0.8m x 0.4m, up to 0.4m VI 0/3 high and 0.06m thick. Excavated 2003: fragments of oak timber charcoal recovered from pit fill, radiocarbon-dated to between AD420 a nd AD600. Feature interpreted as hearth. Associated with this feature were two U-shaped gullies with burnt slate linings and fills containing abundant charcoal fragments. Similar radiocarbon dates for gullies. All three features interpreted as remains of b urnt timber structure. Gullies were originally exposed in eroding cliff face.

WM Quarry SX 5129 4860 Site of 'Old Quarry' shown on Post- HER, 70544 SX54 Wemb Wemb 221 c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map on W Medie OS NW/1 ury ury

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No side of field boundary. Shown val, 1:2500 16 as ' Old Quarry' on 1860s OS XIX 1:10560 map (sheet 130). Not shown on 1954 OS 1:10560 map but adjacent track still avoids the feature. WM Ingot SX 533 498 Gold ingot found by metal Prehist HER 71360 Wemb Wemb 222 detectori st at Wembury to E of oric, ury ury Knighton Farm. Possibly Late Late Bronze Age. Bronze Age WM Searchlig SX 5039 4898 Site of WW2 searchlight at Moder HER 72049 Wemb Wemb 223 ht Wembury. n ury ury WM Observati SX 501 486 Royal Observer Corps post. Moder HER 72368 Wemb Wemb 224 on Post Opened July 1940. By end of n ury ury 1952 a permanent Orlit (above ground observation post constructed of pre-cast concrete panels) was required. Post rebased to Plymouth (SX498518) in 1961. WM Bombing SX 527 486 Probable site of Bombing Moder HER 13885 SX54 Wemb Wemb 225 Decoy Decoy at Wembury, in use 1941 n NW/1 ury ury and 1942 to defend Plymouth. 4 Several earthwork features shown on 1946 RAF air photograph: remains of large buildings or enclosures, one upstanding circular feature,

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No possible bomb craters. Extent of site and position of shelter shown on original plans. Decoy bombed on 20/3/1941. Site visited 1986: no earthwork evidence remaining. Air photograph also showed possible cropmark traces of earlier field system to SE, but nothing visible on ground. WM Defensive SX 509 514 Small circular dark ditch Moder HER 12700 SX55S Plymst Wemb 226 Site surrounded by larger irregular n W/20 ock ury one, visible as cropmark on 1955 OS air photograph. Group of military buildings and cable trenches visib le here on 1946 RAF air photograph. Possible WW2 radar site associated with Hooe Hill or Down Thomas Anti-Aircraft Batteries (WM 129). WM Coin SX 51 51 Roman coin. A sestertius of Roman HER 17425 SX55S Plymst Wemb 227 Antoninus Pius (138-161 AD) W/81 ock ury found at Staddiscombe. In Plymouth Museum.

WM Scatter SX 504 515 Mesolithic scrapers, microliths Prehist HER 20997 SX55S Plymst Wemb 228 and microburins found at oric, W/112 ock ury

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No Staddon. In British Museum Mesolt and Plymouth Museum. ihic WM Pillbox SX 5111 5134 WW2 pillbox at Staddiscombe. Moder HER 51623 SX55S Plymst Wemb 229 Concrete with flat roof. n W/151 ock ury Hexagonal, gun ports in five sides door in sixth. Located next to main access road to Staddon Heights military installations. May have op erated in tandem with sentry post at junction of Staddiscombe Road and Hooe Lane 300m to SE. WM Defensive SX 5052 5071 Military structures recorded on Moder HER 56227 SX55S Wemb Wemb 230 Site 1946 RAF air photograph. n W/159 ury ury Square, walled area co ntaining small open square building with structure inside. Possibly radar station associated with Hooe Hill or Down Thomas Anti-Aircraft Batteries (WM 129). WM Anti- SX 506 515 WW2 Rocket B attery at Hooe Moder HER 71921 Wemb Wemb 231 Aircraft Hill, Staddon Heights. Built c. n ury ury Battery 1941, manned by 144Z battery (rocket). Consisted of 64 rocket projectors arranged in large square. Initially, control room on site received target

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No information from central control in Plymouth. Later had own ra dar set and control room to provide information. Remains include barrack buildings, guardroom, magazine and control or command post. WM Quarry SX 4880 5090 Site of 'Plymouth Quarry' Post- OS Plymst Wemb 232 shown on the 1869 OS 1:10560 Medie 1:1056 ock ury map (sheet 129). Remains of val 0 feature shown but not named on the 1966 OS 1:10560 map. WM Quarry SX 4952 4890 Site of 'Old Quarries' shown on Post- OS Wemb Wemb 233 the 1869 OS 1:10560 map (sheet Medie 1:1056 ury ury 130). Feature shown but not val 0 named on the 1967 OS 1:10000 map. WM Cottage SX 4930 5044 'Boveysand Cottage' shown on Post- OS Wemb Wemb 234 the 1869 OS 1:10560 map (sheet Medie 1:1056 ury ury 130). Site shows signs of val 0 occupation on the 1966 OS 1:10560 map, but includes no buildings and unnamed. WM Fountain SX 4970 5056 'Fountain' south of Boveysand Post- OS Plymst Wemb 235 Lodge shown on the 1869 OS Medie 1:1056 ock ury 1:10560 map (sheet 130). Not val 0 shown on the 1966 OS 1:10560 map.

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No

WM Boathous SX 5034 4836 'Boat House' at Wembury Post- OS Wemb Wemb 236 e Point, shown on the 1869 OS Medie 1:1056 ury ury 1:10560 map (sheet 130) and val 0 1866 OS 1:2500 map. Unnamed but shown as a ruin on the 1954 OS 1:10560 map. WM Well SX 5035 4836 'We ll' with boathouse (WM236) Post- OS Wemb Wemb 237 shown on the 1866 OS 1:2500 Medie 1:2500 ury ury map. Not shown on the 1954 OS val 1:10560 map. WM Quarry SX 5061 4967 'Old Quarry', south west of Post- OS Wemb Wemb 238 Gabber, shown on the 1869 OS Medie 1:1056 ury ury 1:10560 map (sheet 130). Not val 0 shown on the 1954 OS 1:10560 map. WM Well SX 5074 4984 'Well', north of Gabber, shown Post- OS Wemb Wemb 239 on the 1869 OS 1:10560 map Medie 1:1056 ury ury (sheet 130). Not shown on the val 0 1954 OS 1:10560 map. WM Well SX 5066 4980 'Well', immediately west of Post- OS Wemb Wemb 240 Gabber, shown on the 1866 OS Medie 1:2500 ury ury 1:2500 map (sheet 130.1). Not val shown on the 1954 OS 1:10560 map. WM Well SX 5039 4982 'Well' shown on the 1866 OS Post- OS Wemb Wemb 241 1:2500 m ap (sheet 130.1). Not Medie 1:2500 ury ury shown on the 1954 OS 1:10560 val map.

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No WM Inn SX 5042 5004 'The New Inn (PH)' shown on Post- OS Wemb Wemb 242 the 1869 OS 1:10560 map (sheet Medie 1:1056 ury ury 130). Not named on the 1974 val 0 OS 1:10000 map. WM Well SX 5035 5005 'Well', east of inn (WM 242), Post- OS Wemb Wemb 243 shown on the 1869 OS 1:10560 Medie 1:1056 ury ury map (sheet 130). Not shown on val 0 the 1974 OS 1:10000 map. WM Smithy SX 5034 5029 'Smithy' shown on the 18 69 OS Post- OS Wemb Wemb 244 1:10560 map (sheet 130) and Medie 1:1056 ury ury the 1866 OS 1:2500 map (sheet val 0, OS 130.1). Not shown on the 1974 1:2500 OS 1:10560 map, but an adjacent building on the plot appears to still be standing at this time. WM Well SX 5044 5028 Field on 1840 Tithe Map named TM, OS Wemb Wemb 245 'Well Park', (no. 339). Name OS 1:1056 ury ury can refer to an excavated well 1:2500, 0 or a natural spring or small OS stream. Tithe Map shows no 1:1056 associated feature. The c. 1890 0 OS 1:2500 map shows 'W' marked within the field. 'Well' show n on the 1869 OS 1:10560 map (sheet 130). Still shown as 'W' on the 1974 OS 1:10000. WM Well SX 5021 5027 'Well' shown on the 1866 OS Post- OS Wemb Wemb 246 1:2500 map (sheet 130.1). Not Medie 1:2500 ury ury

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No shown on the 1974 OS 1:10000. val WM Well SX 5125 5025 'Well', south of Ranleigh, Post- OS Wemb Wemb 247 shown on the 1869 OS 1:10560 Medie 1:1056 ury ury map (sheet 130). Not shown on val 0 the 1974 OS 1:10000. WM Well SX 5349 5017 'Well', at south extent of Post- OS Wemb Wemb 248 Wembury Wood, shown on the Medie 1:1056 ury ury 1869 OS 1:10560 map (sheet val 0 130). Still shown on the 1974 OS 1:10000. WM Fishpond SX 5163 4991 'Fish Pond' at Langdon Court Post- 1791 Wemb Wemb 249 shown on the 1869 OS 1:10560 Medie map, ury ury map (s heet 130). Pond shown val, TM, on 1791 Down Thomas Estate XVIII OS map and 1840 Tithe Map. Still 1:1056 shown on the 1954 OS 1:10560 0 map. WM Fishpond SX 5178 4995 'Fish Pond' at Langdon Court Post- 1791 Wemb Wemb 250 shown on the 186 9 OS 1:10560 Medie map, ury ury map (sheet 130). Pond shown val, TM, on 1791 Down Thomas Estate XVIII OS map and 1840 Tithe Map. Still 1:1056 shown on the 1954 OS 1:10560 0 map. WM Well SX 5126 4970 'Well', west of Langdon Court, Post- OS Wemb Wemb 251 shown on the 1869 OS 1:10560 Medie 1:1056 ury ury map (sheet 130). Still shown as val 0 'Ws' on the 1954 OS 1:10560 map. 1840 Tithe Map shows

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No field name 'Wellpark', (no. 388) to the NW. No related features on Tithe Map, but the c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map indicates a well just east of th e field near Home Farm. WM Farmstea SX 513 498 Site of 'Langdon Farm' shown Post- OS Wemb Wemb 252 d on the 1869 OS 1:10560 map Medie 1:1056 ury ury (sheet 130). Named as 'Home val 0 Farm' on the 1954 OS 1:10560 map. WM Well SX 5216 4944 'Well' shown on the 1869 OS Post- OS Wemb Wemb 253 1:10560 map (sheet 130). Not Medie 1:1056 ury ury shown on the 1954 OS 1:10560 val 0 map. WM Well SX 5242 4945 'Well' shown on the 1869 OS Post- OS Wemb Wemb 254 1:10560 map (sheet 130). Not Medie 1:1056 ury ury sho wn on the 1954 OS 1:10560 val 0 map. WM Well SX 5296 4994 'Well', immediately south of Post- OS Wemb Wemb 255 Traine, shown on the 1869 OS Medie 1:1056 ury ury 1:10560 map (sheet 130). val 0 Named as 'Spr' on the 1954 OS 1:10560 map. WM Cottage SX 5302 4966 'Knighton Cottage' shown on Post- OS Wemb Wemb 256 the 1869 OS 1:10560 map (sheet Medie 1:1056 ury ury 130). Named 'Knighton Villa' val 0 on c. 1890 OS 1:2500. Named as 'Four Corners' on the 1954

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No OS 1:10560 map.

WM Well SX 5327 4916 'Well', east of Wembury House, Post- OS Wemb Wemb 257 shown on the 1869 OS 1:10560 Medie 1:1056 ury ury map (sheet 130). Not shown on val 0 the 1954 OS 1:10560 map. WM Well SX 5322 4900 'Well', at Old Barton, shown on Post- OS Wemb Wemb 258 the 1869 OS 1:10560 map (sheet Medie 1:1056 ury ury 130). Still shown as 'W' on the val 0 1954 OS 1:10560 map. WM Cottage SX 5325 4910 'Wembury Cottage' shown on Post- OS Wemb Wemb 259 the 1869 OS 1:10560 map (sheet Medie 1:1056 ury ury 130). Named as 'Vicarage' on val 0 the 1954 OS 1:10560 map. WM Fishpond SX 5409 4922 'Old Fishpond' shown on the Medie OS Wemb Wemb 260 1869 OS 1:10560 map (sheet val?, 1:1056 ury ury 130) to east of Wembury Post- 0, OS House. Located on west side of Medie 1:2500, River Yealm. Shown in more val, Milles detail on c. 1890 OS 1:2500 XV! map. Appea rs to have been created by enclosing a tidal inlet. Water controlled by sluice gate. Mentioned as a feature ('saltwater lake') of the park of the 1561 mansion at Wembury House (WM 118). Also described in c. 1765 Dean Milles' Questionnaire as a 'salt

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No water pond, which they can shut with flood gates, to confine sea water fish'. Before the Dissolution the manor belonged to Plympton Priory, and it may be possible that the pond is medieval in origin. Shown as 'Pond' on the 1954 OS 1:10560 map. WM Quay SX 5415 4918 'Quay' shown on the 1869 OS Post- OS Wemb Wemb 261 1:10560 map (sheet 130). Medie 1:1056 ury ury Feature unchanged on the 1954 val 0 OS 1:10560 map. WM Quay SX 5420 4903 'Quay' shown on the 1869 OS Post- OS Wemb Wemb 262 1:10560 map (sheet 130) to east Medie 1:1056 ury ury of South Wembury House. val 0 Feature unchanged on the 1954 OS 1:10560 map. WM House SX 5409 4902 'South Wembury House' shown Post- OS Wemb Wemb 263 on the 1869 OS 1:10560 map Medie 1:1056 ury ury (sheet 130). Named as 'Thorn' val 0 on the 1954 OS 1:10560 map. WM Landing SX 5387 4784 'Landing Place' shown on the Post- OS Wemb Wemb 264 Stage 1869 OS 1:10560 map (sheet Medie 1:1056 ury ury 130). Not shown on the 1954 val 0 OS 1:10560 map. The landing place serves the 'Yealm Ferry' (WM140 / NN085), the passage of which is also shown.

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No

WM Quarry SX 5106 4887 'Old Quarry', north west of Post- OS Wemb Wemb 265 Smallacombe Coppice, shown Medie 1:2500 ury ury on the 1866 OS 1:2500 map. val Quarry shown b ut not named on the 1954 OS 1:10560 map. WM Quarry SX 5116 4892 'Old Quarry', immediately Post- OS Wemb Wemb 266 north of Smallacombe Linhay, Medie 1:2500 ury ury shown on the 1866 OS 1:2500 val map. Not shown on the 1954 OS 1:10560 map. WM Quarry SX 5007 4905 'Old Quarry', south of Milditch Post- OS Wemb Wemb 267 and Brownhill Brakes, shown Medie 1:1056 ury ury on the 1866 OS 1:2500 map. val 0 Quarry shown but not named on the 1954 OS 1:10560 map. WM Beacon SX 491 514 'Beacon' shown on Benjamin Post- Donn Wemb Wemb 268 Donn's map of 1765 Medie ury ury val WM Barn SX 5060 5015 'Lower Barn' shown to E of Post- OS Wemb Wemb 269 Down Thomas on 1890 OS Medie 1:1056 ury? ury 1:10560 map. No longer val 0 standing. WM Clay Pits SX 5273 4926 Field on 1840 Tithe Map named Post- TM, Wemb Wemb 270 'Clampitts', (no. 558). Name Medie OS ury ury may indicate clay pits. No val 1:2500 features shown on map. WM Barn SX 5271 4955 Field on 1840 Tithe Map named Post- TM, Wemb Wemb 271 'Barnpark', (no . 565). Name Medie OS ury ury

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No indicates site of barn. Tithe val 1:2500 Map and c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map show no structures in field, but there are structures to the west (plot no. 564), described as 'Yard and Buildings'. WM Barn SX 5283 4958 Field on 1840 Tithe Map named Post- TM, Wemb Wemb 272 'Barn Close', no. 567. Name Medie OS ury ury indicates site of barn. Tithe val 1:2500 Map and c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map show no structures in the field, but structures are located to the east in no. 569. WM Barn SX 5285 4942 Field on 1840 Tithe Map named Post- TM, Wemb Wemb 273 'Barn Park', no. 554. Name Medie OS ury ury indicates site of barn. Tithe val 1:2500 Map and c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map show no structures in the field or in close proximity. WM Well SX 5223 4940 Field on 1840 Tithe Map named Post- TM, Wemb Wemb 274 'Well Park', (no. 619). Name Medie OS ury ury can indicate an excavated well val 1:2500 or a natural spring or small stream. Tithe Map shows no such features. Although later maps show wells in the area: see WM 253 and WM 254.

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No WM Quarry SX 5227 4918 Field on 1840 Tithe Map named Post- TM, Wemb Wemb 275 'Pitten', (no. 629). Old name, Medie OS ury ury suggesting land adjoining a pit val 1:2500 or a quarry. Tithe Map and c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map show no related features. WM Pillbox SX 5161 4850 Site of concrete pillbox at W Moder HER 54148 SX54 Wemb Wemb 276 side of Wembury beach. WW2 n NW/1 ury ury defensive site. Only base 01 remains. One of a pair of pillboxes (WM 150). WM Well SX 5010 5145 Three fields on the 1842 Post- TM, Plymst Wemb 277 Plymstock Tithe Map named Medie OS ock ury 'Honey Wells Natty Cross', (no. val 1:2500 1277, SX 5010 5145), 'Little Wells Natty Cross', (no.1278, SX 5008 5138) and 'Lower Wells Natty Cross', (no. 1279, SX 5011 5131). 'Well' element can refer to either an exc avated well or a natural spring or small stream, and fields are near a crossroads. Two streams converge in this area and then flow into Bovisand Bay. No wells shown on Tithe Map or c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map. WM Field SX 5155 4853 Field on 1840 Tithe Map named Post- TM, Wemb Wemb 278 Name 'Clay Park', (no. 63). Located Medie OS ury ury

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No near coast. Name indicates land val 1:2500 having clayey soil or land from which clay was dug. Tithe Map and c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map show no features. WM Field SX 5241 4862 Field on 1840 Tithe Map named Post- TM, Wemb Wemb 279 Name 'Church Park', (no. 668). Name Medie OS ury ury suggests land close to or val 1:2500 belonging to a church. Field is located less than 500m away from the parish church of St. Werburgh. See also WM 313. WM Road SX 5042 5136 Two fields on the 1842 Medie TM Plymst Wemb 280 Plymstock Tithe Map named val? ock ury 'Lower Portway', (no. 1283) and 'Higher Portway', (no. 1284), that lie west of Little Lane. The name 'Portway' is Anglo-Saxon in de rivation and may indicate a route or road of great antiquity. The 'Port' element can refer to a harbour, market town or a gate, and 'way' is a road. A possible NW/SE route can be traced on the modern map from Hooe on the southern edge of Plymouth (SX 5008 5214) to Wembury (SX 5193 4870), incorporating

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No Hooe Hill, Little Lane and sections of road and footpath. WM Field SX 5239 4841 Field on 1840 Tithe Map named Post- TM, Wemb Wemb 281 Name 'Clay Park', (no. 670). Name Medie OS ury ury describes land with claye y soil val 1:2500 or land from which clay was dug. Located near coast. Tithe Map and c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map show no features. WM Stone SX 5022 4910 Three fields on 1840 Tithe Map Post- TM, Wemb Wemb 282 named 'Stoney Park', (no. 91), Medie OS ury ury 'Inne r Stoney Park', (no. 86) val 1:2500 SX 5047 4906, 'and 'Outer Stoney Park', (no. 87) SX 5040 4893. 'Stone' names can refer to a standing stone, a marker or boundary stone, quarrying activity or just naturally stony soil. Tithe Map show no quarrying features in the ar ea. The c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map shows a small quarry in field no. 94, named Colley Park, located to the west of these fields (see WM 267). WM Quarry SX 5037 4848 Field on 1840 Tithe Map named Medie TM, Wemb Wemb 283 'Merry Pitts' , (no. 73). 'Merry' val? OS ury ury may derive from the Old 1:2500 English 'meare' meaning a

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No boundary. The field is situated on the edge of the southern coast of Wembury. 'Pitts' may indicate land containing or adjoining a pit or quarry. Tithe Map and c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map show no related features. WM Pit SX 5045 5120 Field on the 1842 Plymstock Post- TM, Plymst Wemb 284 Tithe Map named 'Meadow Medie OS, ock ury Pit', (no. 1357). Name suggests val 1:2500 land adjoining a pit or a quarry. The Tithe Map and c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map show no features in the field. WM Barn SX 5190 5049 Field on 1840 Tithe Map named Post- TM, Wemb Wemb 285 'Barns Meadow', (no. 17). Medie OS ury ury Name indicates site of barn. val 1:2500 Tithe Map and c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map show no structures in the field or in the immediate vicinity. WM Field SX 5090 5036 Two adjoining fields on 1840 Post- TM, Wemb Wemb 286 Name Tithe Map, named 'Butt Park', Medie OS ury ury (no. 328) and 'Yonder Butt val 1:2500 Park', (no. 387) to the south. 'Butt' can indicate former site of archery butts, or former irregularly shaped end-pieces of open field strips. No

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No evidence of former strip fields in this area. WM Pound SX 5111 5136 Small plot described as Post- TM, Plymst Wemb 287 'Pound', (no. 1395), on the 1842 Medie OS ock ury Plymstock Tithe Map. A pound val 1:2500 is an enclosure for keeping stray animals. Probably associated with Staddiscombe Manor Farm. ''Pound' not shown on the c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map. WM Post SX 4974 5021 Thr ee fields on 1840 Tithe Map Post- TM, Wemb Wemb 288 named 'Whitepost', (no. 244, Medie OS ury ury 245 and 246). No specific val 1:2500 features on Tithe Map or c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map. The name may refer to a boundary-post or a signpost. Fields are close to a road. WM Ford SX 4963 4952 Two fields on 1840 Tithe Map Medie TM, Wemb Wemb 289 named 'Yolaford', (no. 207 and val? OS ury ury 205 SX 4981 4948). Name 1:2500 probably means 'Old Ford', from Anglo-Saxon 'ealda' meaning old. The c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map shows stream running along northern boundary of both fields. WM Quarry SX 4961 5040 Field on 1840 Tithe Map named Post- TM, Wemb Wemb

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No 290 'Quarry Park', (no. 301). No Medie OS ury ury associated features shown on val 1:2500 Tithe Map or c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map. The c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map shows an area to the wes t of this field named 'Broken Tors Coppice'. This is suggestive of an outcrop of rock, which may have been quarried at one time. WM Well SX 4944 4972 Two fields on 1840 Tithe Map Post- TM, Wemb Wemb 291 named 'Sheepseywells', ( no. Medie OS ury ury 212) and 'Sheepseywell', (no. val 1:2500 224). Name suggests either an excavated well or a natural spring or small stream in a place associated with sheep. No associated features shown on Tithe Map or c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map. WM Stone SX 4970 4965 Four fields on 1840 Tithe Map Post- TM, Wemb Wemb 292 named 'Lower Witestone', (no. Medie OS ury ury 208) and 'Witestone (no. 209, val 1:2500 203 and 202). 'Stone' names can refer to a standing stone, a marker or boundary stone, quarrying activity or, in this coastal loca tion, a natural stone feature. No man-made features

Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No shown on Tithe Map or c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map. WM Pond SX 5114 4996 Field on 1840 Tithe Map named Post- TM, Wemb Wemb 293 'Pond Park', (no. 390). No pond Medie OS ury ury shown on Tithe Map, but the c. val 1:2500 1890 OS 1:2500 map shows a small feature which could be a pond in the south-east corner of the field. WM Ditch SX 5320 5009 Field on 1840 Tithe Map named Medie TM, Wemb Wemb 294 'Northditch', (no. 493). Could val? OS ury ury indicate p ossible archaeological 1:2500 or historical feature, possibly a former boundary. No features shown on Tithe Map or c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map. WM Field SX 5221 5127 'Higher Culver Park Meadow', Post- TM, Plymst Wemb 295 Name (no 1464), named on the 1842 Medie OS ock ury Plymstock Tithe Map. Name val 1:2500 can describe land on which there was a dovecote, or on which doves were common. Tithe Map shows no associated features. The c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map shows a small enclosure on the northern boundary. See also WM 137. WM Military SX 4943 5098 Small rectangular building to Moder HER 48744 SX45S Plymst Wemb 296 Building SE of Bovisand Battery, n E/43/1 ock ury

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Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No possibly WW1 or WW2 observation post. Built of concrete breeze blocks. Originally open on E side, but this side later fi lled in and doorway inserted at N end. Building now roofless. WM Deer SX 5170 5017 Field on 1840 Tithe Map named Post- TM, Wemb Wemb 297 Park 'Deer Park', (no. 10). Possibly Medie OS ury ury site of former deer park val 1:2500 associated with Langdon Court. WM Well SX 5222 5030 Field on 1840 Tithe Map named Post- TM, Wemb Wemb 298 'Lengthney Wells', (no. 415). Medie OS ury ury 'Well' can refer to either an val 1:2500 excavated well or a natural spring or small stream. No associated features shown on Tith e Map. The c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map shows a field to the east named 'Spring Pits', (no. 434), and a water course is also shown just to the west of the field. WM Pits SX 5061 5087 Field on 1840 Tithe Map nam ed Medie TM, . . Wemb Wemb 299 'Merrypitts', (no. 324). 'Merry' val? OS ury ury may derive from the Old 1:2500 English 'meare' meaning a boundary. Field is close to former parish boundary with

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Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No Plymstock. 'Pitts' may indicate land containing or adjoining a pit or quarry. Tithe Map and c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map give no indication of quarries or pits near by. WM Stone SX 5007 5016 Field on 1840 Tithe Map named Post- TM, Wemb Wemb 300 'Stoney Park', (no. 258). 'Stone' Medie OS ury ury can refer to a standing stone, a val 1:2500 marker or boundary stone, quarrying ac tivity, or just naturally stony soil. Tithe Map and c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map give no indication of related features. WM Barn SX 5128 5120 'Barn' (no. 1483) named on the Post- TM, Plymst Wemb 301 1842 Plymstock Tithe Map. Medie OS ock ury Name is ind icative of a barn in val 1:2500 the vicinity, but no structure is shown on the Tithe Map or the c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map. WM Well SX 5315 4982 Two fields on 1840 Tithe Map Post- TM, Wemb Wemb 302 named 'Wellpark Meadow', Medie OS ury ury (no. 586) and 'Wel lpark', (no. val 1:2500 587). 'Well' can describe both an excavated well or a natural spring or small stream. Tithe Map and c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map give no indication of wells

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Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No or watercourses in the area. WM Well SX 4965 4970 Field on 1840 Tithe Map named Post- TM, Wemb Wemb 303 'Well Park', (no. 210). 'Well' Medie OS ury ury can describe both an excavated val 1:2500 well or a natural spring or small stream. Located to the east of Sheepseywell fields, (nos 224 & 212) (WM 291). Tithe map and c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map show n o well or watercourse in the area. WM Strip SX 5225 4942 Possible former strip fields on Medie AP Wemb Wemb 304 Fields NW facing slope on N side of val? ury? ury Ford Hill, West Wembury. Four parallel curving banks (?) run along slope. Not a catch meadow as no feeder stream present. Visible on 1946 RAF aerial photograph 2122 & 2123 CPE/UK/1890. WM Windmill SX 5060 5066 Two fields on 1840 Tithe Map Post- TM Wemb Wemb 305 named 'Great Winmill', (no. Medie ury ury 321) and 'Little Winmill', ( no. val 327). May indicate former site of windmill. Located on south side of hill NE of Down Thomas. No structure shown on Tithe Map or earlier maps.

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Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No

WM Barn SX 5038 5050 Field on 1840 Tithe Map named Post- TM, Wemb Wemb 306 'Barn Park', (n o. 320). Tithe Medie OS ury ury Map shows what looks like a val 1:2500 structure on the south-east boundary. Additional structure shown on the c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map. WM Strip SX 5125 4952 Block of narrow former strip Medie AP Wemb Wemb 307 Fields fields to W of Langdon Court. val? ury? ury Visible on 1946 RAF aerial photograph 2123 & 2124 CPE/UK/1890. Former boundaries of five or six strips visible. Shown in part on 1890 OS 1:10560 map. WM Clapper SX 4978 4956 Area on 1840 Tithe Map named Post- TM, Wemb Wemb 308 Bridge 'Clapper' (no. 204). Name Medie OS ury ury suggestive of clapper bridge in val 1:2500 the vicinity. The c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map shows stream to south of field; not shown on Tithe Map. WM Strip SX 5080 4955 Bloc k of five strip fields to S of Medie AP Wemb Wemb 309 Fields Gabber. Visible on 1946 RAF val? ury? ury aerial photograph 2124 CPE/UK/1890. All five strips shown on 1890 OS 1:10560 map. Two boundaries less

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Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No shown on 1954 OS 1:10560 map. WM Field SX 5083 4987 Field on 1840 Tithe Map named Post- TM, Wemb Wemb 310 Name 'Lime Park', (no. 384). Name Medie OS ury ury could refer to quarrying for val 1:2500 limestone or possible limekiln. None known in this area, so may just refer to spreading of lime on the field. No features shown on Tithe Map or c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map. WM Defensive SX 5365 4875 D-shaped feature. Appears to Moder AP Wemb Wemb 311 Site? be a depression embanked on n, XX ury? ury SW side with possible small structure on NE side. Visible on 1946 RAF aerial photograph 3103 CPE/UK/1890. Possibly a WW2 defensive site. Feature is shown schematically on 1954 OS 1:10560 map. WM Well SX 5257 5086 Two Fields on 1840 Tithe Map Post- TM, Wemb Wemb 312 named 'Little Piskeywells', (no. Medie OS ury ury 480) and 'Great Piskey Wells', val 1:2500 (no. 481). 'Well' can de scribe an excavated well or a natural spring or small stream. 'Piskey' indicates it was popularly associated with 'pixies'. Tithe Map and c. 1890 OS 1:2500

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Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No map show no related features. WM Field SX 5159 4903 Field on 1840 Tithe Map named Post- TM Wemb Wemb 313 Name 'Church Park', (no. 38). Name Medie ury ury suggests land close to or val belonging to a church. Field is located less than 600m away from the parish church of St. Werburgh. See also WM 279. WM Ditch SX 5365 4967 Three fields on 1840 Tithe Map Post- TM, Wemb Wemb 314 named 'Lower Stoneditch', (no. Medie OS ury ury 540), 'Higher Stoneditch', (no. val 1:2500 541), 'Stoneditch', (no. 542). 'Stone' can refer to a standing stone, a marker or boundary stone or just naturally stony soil. 'Ditch' may in dicate a possible archaeological feature. Tithe Map and c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map show no obvious related features. WM Barn SX 5134 5083 Two fields on 1840 Tithe Map Post- TM, Wemb Wemb 315 named 'Great Barn Park', (no. Medie OS ury ury 404) and 'L ittle Barn Park', val 1:2500 (no. 411). Name is indicative of a barn in the vicinity. Tithe Map and c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map show no structures in either field or in the vicinity. WM Well SX 5139 5074 Field on 1840 Ti the Map named Post- TM, Wemb Wemb

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Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No 316 'Well Park', (no. 405). 'Well' Medie OS ury ury can describe an excavated well val 1:2500 or a natural spring or small stream. Tithe Map and c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map show no obvious features. WM Buildings SX 5325 4927 18 40 Tithe Map shows four Post- TM, Wemb Wemb 317 structures within plot no. 716, Medie OS ury ury which are not shown on c. 1890 val 1:2500 OS 1:2500 map. Likely to be structural features of the Kitchen Garden belonging to Wembury House. WM Trackwa SX 5053 5019 Sunken trackway extending E Post- AP Wemb Wemb 318 y from Renney Road, Down Medie ury ury Thomas (on N side of building) val for 250m to former barn. Visible on 1946 RAF aerial photograph 2125 CPE/UK/1890. Barn shown as 'Lower Barn' (WM 333) on 1890 OS 1:10560 map. Barn no longer present on aerial photograph. WM Buildings SX 5286 4962 1840 Tithe Map shows two Post- TM, Wemb Wemb 319 structures in field no. 571 and Medie OS ury ury what looks like a small val 1:2500 structure in field no. 570. These structures are not shown on the

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Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map.

WM Buildings SX 5034 5016 1840 Tithe Map shows a Post- TM, Wemb Wemb 320 number of structures within Medie OS ury ury plot no. 262. Changes in the val 1:2500 layout of the buildings are visible on the c. 1890 OS 1:2500 map. In particular, a long rectang ular E/W building on one side of a courtyard at the north end of the site is no longer shown. WM Military SX 4890 5102 Group of six (?) tightly Moder AP Plymst Wemb 321 Buildings clustered huts/buildings, n, XX ock ury arranged end to end in pairs. Visible on 1946 RAF aerial photograph 2129 CPE/UK/1890. Probably WW2 complex. Located just to the S of the barrage balloon tethering position (WM 100). WM Circular SX 4934 5059 Small circular earthwor k (?) Unkno AP Plymst Wemb 322 Feature visible on 1946 RAF aerial wn ock ury photograph 2128 CPE/UK/1890. Located in unimproved ground on N side of small E/W combe extending back from Bovisand Bay. Site shown as 'Caravan Park' on

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Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No 1963 OS 1:10560 map. WM Quarry SX 5009 5032 Small quarry pit to W of Unkno AP Wemb Wemb 323 Paige's Farm. Visible on 1946 wn ury ury RAF aerial photograph 2127 CPE/UK/1890. WM Water SX 5025 5103 Possible small catch meadow Post- AP Plymst Wemb 324 Meadow system on SE facing slope on N Medie ock ury side of Bovisand Lane. No w val extends across two fields. Three very faint parallel channels visible in W field, only one visible in E field. Possibly fed from N/S stream at E end. Visible on 1946 RAF aerial photograph 2127 CPE/UK/1890. WM Quarry SX 5207 5099 Small ovoid quarry pit with Post- AP Wemb Wemb 325 300m long trackway extending Medie ury ury SW from it. Visible on 1946 val RAF aerial photograph 2123 CPE/UK/1890. Quarry not shown on 1890 OS 1:10560 map, but is shown on 1974 OS 1:10000 map. WM Quarry SX 5286 4957 Sub-oval depression adjacent to Post- AP Wemb Wemb 326 walled enclosure to rear of Medie ury ury house at West Wembury. val? Possible quarry pit. Visible on 1946 RAF aerial photograph

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Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No 2121 CPE/UK/1890. WM Artillery SX 4878 5072 Fort Bovisand. One of two Post- HER 17323 SX45S SAM Plymst Wemb 327 Fort powerful coastal batteries Medie E/18 719 ock ury proposed in the Royal val, Commission report of 1860 to Moder cover the approaches to n, XIX, Plymouth Sound. Bovisand XX covered the eastern approach and Fort Picklecombe in Cornwall covered the western. Completed c . 1871. Both replaced batteries built in 1840s for same purpose, Bovisand replacing Staddon Point battery (WM 082). Also formed southern end of contemporary Staddon Heights Defences designed to guard against land attack from E. Battery consists of 23 casem ates built on a curving frontage. Each casemate contained a heavy RML gun and overlay a magazine (alternating cartridge and shell stores). Cartridge lifts in front wall and shell lifts in rear wall. Original iron and teak shields for all casemates survive, and some internal

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Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No fittings. Eastern flank of battery was protected by deep dry ditch (WM 072) that continues around Staddon Heights position to the north. Ditch was protected by musketry galleries accessed from the fort. Battery rearmed between 1896 and 1 905 with Hotchkiss guns emplaced on roof of casemates with two ammunition shelters; original guns removed. Searchlights installed between 1898 and 1910. During WW2 fort was Plymouth's seaward defence HQ. New gun positions and other defensive structures add ed (see WM 328). Occupied by coastal artillery units until 1956. WM Battery SX 4875 5075 Coastal battery at Fort Moder HER 39601 SX45S Plymst Wemb 328 Bovisand, WW2 and later. In n, XX E/18/1 ock ury 1942 battery was rearmed with 6 pounder QF guns. Emplacements, constructed from brick and reinforced shuttered concrete, overlie earlier ones for Hotchkiss guns.

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Site No Site Type GSI Easti Northi Description Period Source PRN SMR SM Listed Eccl Civil ng ng UID No/LB Parish Parish No Observation towers and shelters also survive, together with a probable glass-roofed Royal Observer Corps aircraft observation post. Four new searchlight positions were built on shoreline below fort. Battery maintained until 1956.

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Appendix 1 Background to project

Exeter Archaeology was commissioned by South Hams District would be a valuable resource that could be used for the Council to carry out a parish heritage appraisal in Wembury between interest and benefit of local residents, landowners and April 2006 and March 2007. This was the third year of the Parish visitors. It would be used to inform current and future agri- Heritage Appraisals project, which was one of a number of environment and conservation schemes, public access and programmes included in the Life into Landscape: South Devon interpretation initiatives as well as general archaeological initiative. The Life into Landscape initiative was funded by The and historic research. Heritage Lottery Fund, the European Regional Development Fund: Objective 2, English Heritage, the Countryside Agency, South Hams • to raise awareness of archaeology and heritage at a local District Council and Devon County Council. level. Exeter Archaeology worked closely with Wembury Local History Societies when carrying out the appraisals. The primary aims of the scheme were: Members most closely involved were Eileen Arnold, Sue Johnston and June Horne. • to enhance the existing archaeological information held by the Devon County HER for these parishes. It was also

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Appendix 2

Data collection

Data were collected from a number of different sources. The Environment Service kindly provided digital copies of the First and information was entered into an Access database, in a format agreed Second Edition OS 25-inch maps. in consultation with the Devon County Historic Environment Service (DCHES). The locations of all the “sites” identified were A search was made of the Tithe Apportionments at the DRO, to marked on current 1:10000 scale Ordnance Survey maps provided identify any archaeologically significant field names and add them by South Hams District Council. Existing information held in the to the database. Devon County Historic Environment Record (HER) for each parish was provided by the DCHES, and formed the basis of the survey Aerial photographs held at the Devon County HER, in particular the database. 1946-1948 Royal Air Force coverage, were examined for potential new archaeological sites. Historic maps in the Devon Record Office (DRO), the Westcountry Studies Library, Exeter and the Plymouth & West Devon Record Up to date Listed Building data was obtained from South Hams Office (PWDRO) were examined for new sites and features. Maps District Council and the English Heritage Listed Buildings Online were photocopied or digitally photographed where possible or website, and added to the database where necessary. consulted in the record offices and library. Any features or buildings shown on these maps that were not present on later or modern maps A rapid survey was made of the published archaeological and were identified. Those not already in the HER were added to the historical sources relating to the parishes held at the Westcountry database and located on the 1:10000 base map. Maps consulted Studies Library; and a search was made of county and local museum included: estate and other maps in the Devon Record Office and collections for any artefacts from the parishes not previously Plymouth & West Devon Record Office, Donn’s 1765 map of recorded in the HER. The RAM Museum, Exeter, Plymouth Devon, Greenwood’s 1827 map of Devon, and the c. 1785 Board of Museum, Totnes Museum, Dartmouth and Cookworthy Museums Ordnance and 1803 Ordnance Survey Surveyors Drawings. The were among those consulted. most important historic map sources were the Tithe Maps for the four parishes held at the DRO, and the First Edition Ordnance Local history society members were encouraged to gather Survey 6-inch maps and First Edition Ordnance Survey 25-inch information locally and identify potential new “sites”. maps (published 1867-1890). The Devon County Historic

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The entries in the database were assigned individual site numbers (CV 001 onwards for Chivelstone, NN 001 for Newton & Noss, SP 001 for South Pool and WM 001 for Wembury), and these were marked onto 1:10000 master maps.

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