Hardy'S Head Battery At Sx 9440 5675

Hardy's Head Battery is a gun battery located in Brixham, built between 1779 and 1780 and reactivated from 1794 to 1795. It is constructed from granite with a limestone rubble revetment wall supporting an earth rampart. The battery features four wedge-shaped gun platforms made of large granite slabs, which are designed to tilt gently from the rear to the front to reduce the recoil of the cannons when fired. Two of the platforms face north, one faces east, and one faces west. Surrounding the north, east, and west sides is a low earth parapet, with a stone revetment wall visible on the north side. There are stone rubble footings of a building, likely a magazine, located on the southeast side. The battery is depicted on the 1838 Brixham tithe map, showing a three-sided rampart with four splayed gun embrasures, but no building was present at that time. The site has been developed for public use, featuring seating and an information board.