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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 18. Chapters: Beacon Castle, Belbury Castle, Berry's Wood, Berry Camp, Berry Castle, Black Dog, Berry Castle, Weare Giffard, Berry Head, Blackbury Camp, Blackdown Rings, Bolt Tail, Boringdon Camp, Bremridge Wood, Brent Hill, Burley Wood, Burridge Fort, Cadbury Castle, Devon, Capton, Castle Close, Castle Dyke, Castle Head, Devon, Castle Hill, Torrington, Clovelly Dykes, Cotley Castle, Cranbrook Castle, Cranmore Castle, Cunnilear Camp, Denbury Hill, Dewerstone, Dolbury, Dumpdon Hill, Embury Beacon, Halwell Camp, Hawkesdown Hill, Hembury, Hembury Castle, Tythecott, High Peak, Devon, Hillsborough, Devon, Holbury, Holbeton, Holne Chase Castle, Huntsham Castle, Kentisbury Down, Killerton, Knowle Hill Castle, Lee Wood, Membury Castle, Milber Down, Mockham Down, Musbury Castle, Myrtlebury, Newberry Castle, Noss, Dartmouth, Peppercombe Castle, Posbury, Prestonbury Castle, Raddon Top, Roborough Castle, Seaton Down, Shoulsbury castle, Sidbury Castle, Slapton Castle, Smythapark, Stanborough, Stockland Castle, Stoke Hill, Voley Castle, Wasteberry Camp, Windbury Head, Wind Hill, Woodbury, Dartmouth, Woodbury Castle, Wooston Castle, Yarrowbury, Yellowberries Copse. Excerpt: Berry Head is a coastal headland at the southern end of Torbay, to the southeast of Brixham, Devon, England. Berry Head, South Devon Berry Head to Sharkham Point is a haven for several nationally rare and threatened species which are dependent upon the thin limestone soils, mild climate and exposed conditions of the headland. The coastal cliffs here are home to a seabird colony, including Guillemots, Razorbills and Black-legged Kittiwakes. Several rare vagrant birds have occurred here, including a long-staying Gyrfalcon in 1986. The guillemot colony on the cliffs below the Southern Fort is one of the largest on England's south coast and can be closely watched live on CCTV in the Visitor Centre. Berry Head also acts as an important staging post for migrant birds; and is home to a significant number of Cirl Buntings. The site is one of only two locations in Great Britain at which the white rock-rose, small hares ear and small restharrow occurs. Spring gentian, honewort, and goldilocks aster are also dependent upon the thin soils, mild climate and exposed conditions of the headland. Caves at Berry Head are home to the endangered Greater Horseshoe Bat. A small herd of North Devon cattle has been introduced to the headland to produce the cow pats that attract dung beetles on which young bats are particularly dependent for food. Berry Head is the site of an Iron Age hill fort which was mostly destroyed by the construction between 1794 and 1804 of extensive fortifications to protect the Torbay naval anchorage against threatened invasion by French armies. The former artillery house now houses a public display, featuring details about the history of the area, its wildlife and how it became an important strategic point. Berry Head lighthouse The lighthouse at the end of the headland was built in 1906. It was automated and converted to run on acetylene in 1921, and was modernised in 1994 since when it has run on mains electricity. The light has a range of 14 nautical miles, gi
