Berry Head, Devon

Historical Description

Berry Head, a headland at the south side of the entrance of Tor Bay, Devon, 6 miles NE of Dartmouth. It is square shaped, and consists of hard, smooth, flesh-coloured limestone. Its summit is crowned with traces of a Roman camp, and ruins of two large military stations constructed at the close of the 18th century, and its north front is much quarried, and falls abruptly into deep water, with moorage for vessels, like a quay., See ASH-HOLE.

Maps

Online maps of Berry Head are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)