Sea Walls At Gun Cliff

BRIDGE STREET 1. 1357 (South East Side) Sea Walls at Gun Cliff SY 3492 1/88 15.7.71. II GV 2. One of the most easterly sea forts in Lyme Regis stood on Gun Cliff throughout Blake's defence of Lyme in the English Civil War, until early C19. The walls themselves are of stone rubble laid in regular courses; irregular height; in places with ledges. One wall extends north from Cobb Gate Jetty, eastwards round rear of Nos 1 and 2 Broad Street and northwards again as far as the Buddle Bridge; another wall returns southward from the other side of the Bridge and then eastwards round Gun Cliff; it then returns north following a curve in the land and then eastward as far as the jetty at the east end of the Marine Theatre. Craftsmen from Lyme Regis were well known in mediaeval and late mediaeval times for their skill in constructing piers and sea defences; these walls like the older parts of the walls of the Cobb are an example of this skill [see Gyril Wanklyn," Lyme Regis: a Retrospect;" see also article in Mariners' Mirror for October 1934 and various maps and manuscripts in Manuscrips Room, British Museum.]

From the sea, the sea walls at Gun cliff form a group with the faces of the Museum and Guildhall & with the rear faces of Nos 1 & 2 Broad Street.

Listing NGR: SY3429692090