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Okehampton Artillery Range: Experimental Parapets and Redoubt
Devon
This scheduled monument preserves the remains of experimental military engineering on Okehampton Moor. The site comprises an earthen redoubt, a small fortified position, alongside experimental parapets, shallow defensive walls built to test designs for protecting artillery positions. These structures date from a period when the British Army used Dartmoor's open upland for training and experimentation.
Walking across the moor today, the earthworks are subtle but legible to those looking carefully, revealing a layer of 19th-century military history beneath the landscape. The site sits within the wider context of Okehampton Range, an extensive military training area that has shaped Dartmoor's character for generations. Visitors interested in military heritage and landscape history will find the site rewarding, though interpretation on the ground is minimal.
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