Berry Head

Berry Head is a limestone headland forming the southern boundary of Tor Bay near Brixham, Devon, fortified since the Iron Age as a promontory fort. An 18th-century observer recorded a cross-promontory rampart approximately 18 feet high before Napoleonic construction largely destroyed the prehistoric earthworks between 1794 and 1804. The Napoleonic fortifications, built to protect Torbay's naval anchorage from French invasion, are among the most complete surviving examples in south-west England. The site includes two Scheduled Monuments, eight Listed Buildings, and is now a National Nature Reserve and SSSI managed by the Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust.