Devon Archaeol Soc Proc 61

A review of data shows parts of at least fifty-five Beaker vessels to have been found in Devon, a great increase on the eight known in 1970. The paper publishes new finds from Westward Ho! and Brayford in north Devon, and reviews the range of Beaker pottery now known from Devon in the light of current research on Beaker material in Britain. Includes

Report on the excavation in 2001 of the site of two nineteenth-century warehouses at Vauxhall Street on the west site of Sutton Harbour. They overlay deeply stratified deposits which represented three major phases of reclamation, the first the construction of a stone-built waterfront wall of probable fourteenth-century date. The second phase of reclamation, dating from c. 1425--75, is interpreted as a sloping `hard'. This was buried by a third phase of reclamation dating from c. 1645, when large warehouse buildings were built on the site. Amongst the artefacts recovered were important groups of regional and imported ceramics and a large assemblage of waterlogged medieval leather. The remains of an early-nineteenth-century tobacco pipe kiln were also discovered. Includes separately authored reports on

Report on the Malthouse at Haven Banks, Exeter, which was built as a brewery and cellar c. 1789. A malthouse range was added c. 1791, and the entire building was later converted for malting. The building was rebuilt shortly after c. 1870 and again c. 1900, when the existing malting kilns were constructed. The tenurial history of the site is discussed and the development of the buildings is described and illustrated. The documentary history of the site has been researched and is presented in an appendix. Includes

Report on the Emergency Coast Artillery Battery at Brixham, a complete World War II emergency battery, with additional evidence of anti-aircraft and other light armament defences and ancillary structures. The use of the site as a battery can be traced to 1779--80; evidence also remains of its intermittent use in the nineteenth century. The paper reports on a survey of the remains conducted by English Heritage. It also records an oral testimony from Ron Coleman, one of those who served at the battery during World War II, and