Bearscove Castle, Bayards Cove, Dartmouth, Devon
A small artillery castle, built to protect the town quay. It may date back to 1509-10 on documentary evidence, it was certainly in existence by 1537. It is basically a platform cut into the rock and enclosed by a thick curving wall projecting into the estuary. It has 11 gunports which would have had shutters and were designed for guns mounted on flat beds. This site is now in the care of English Heritage (2010).
