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	NETTLEDEN - Brean Down Fort - Brean, Somerset (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Brean Down Fort is situated 60 feet above sea level on the headland 9 miles NW of Weston-Super-Mare.
		The fort is approached by a military road along the length of the promontory.
		The fort was the scene of a explosion on 4 July 1900 when Gunner Haines fired a gun down the shaft into expense magazine number 3 in a state of temporary insanity.
	www.chocolatechipdesign.co.uk /nettleden/breandown/index.shtml (237 words)

	Sacred sites further from Glastonbury \| Brean Down
		Brean Down is not well known as a sacred site, and driving to it can be bizarre, since it involves driving through caravan parks and cheap holiday entertainments.
		It is worth stopping on the summit of Brean Down, not only for the impressive view, but also the earth energies – this is a fine spot for mystical experiences, especially if you visit at times when other walkers aren't there.
		Brean Down is reminiscent of many of the Atlantic headlands you see on the west coasts of Ireland, Wales and Scotland, and a fine contrast to the landscape of Somerset.
	www.isleofavalon.co.uk /sacredsites/breandown.html (521 words)

	Brean Down (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Brean Down is a promontory off the coast of North Somerset standing 320 feet high and extending 1 1/2 miles into the Bristol Channel between Weston-super-Mare and Burnham on Sea.
		Made of carboniferous limestone, it is a continuation of the Mendip Hills, and two further continuations are the small islands of Steep Holme and Flat Holme.
		There are steep cliffs and, at its seaward point, Brean Down Fort built in 1865 and then re-armed in the Second World War.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Brean_Down (142 words)

	Brean Down Fort - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Brean Down Fort was built on Brean Down near Weston-super-Mare, Somerset between 1864 and 1871 on the recommendations of the 1859 Royal Commission.
		Originally armed with seven 7" RMLs, it was disarmed in 1901, but rearmed with two 6" ex-naval guns during World War II.
		Brean Down page of the National Trust's website
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brean_Down_Fort (119 words)

	Brean Down 0804
		Brean Down is one of the landmarks of the Somerset coastline - jutting out into the Bristol Channel and providing a download setting between Burnham-On-Sea to the south and Weston-super-Mare to the north.
		Brean Down is made up of Carboniferous Limestone, one of the principle rocks of the Mendips.
		Life on the Down remain unchanged until about AD 340 when a temple (excavated in 1965) was built on top of the eastern knoll, close to a burial mound of the Bronze Age folk.
	www.adamandclaire.co.uk /Photo%20gallery/0408%20Brean%20Down.htm (1885 words)

	Guardian \| National Trust acquires a fort at knock-down price (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The fort was completed in 1871, one of the chain of "Palmerston forts" built under prime minister Lord Palmerston, at enormous expense, to defend the English coast from the possibility of a French invasion.
		Brean Down did suffer a spectacular assault in 1900, when an apparently suicidal gunner fired his carbine into a magazine, which blew up, causing such severe damage that the fort was decommissioned.
		Like many of the other forts, it was adapted for 20th century artillery in the first and second world wars, and has also been used for weapons trials - and as a tea room.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4448387-110427,00.html (219 words)

	Welcome to Brean Down and Brent Knoll, Somerset, United Kingdom.
		Brean Down, a remnant of the Mendip Hills, stands at around 320 feet in height and juts out impressively into the Bristol Channel.
		It is not possible to walk round Brean Down to reach Weston-super-Mare or to cross at the base of Brean Down.
		Whilst looks can be deceiving, so can the tide which at Brean Down is one of the widest tidal ranges in Europe and the currents around the headland are unpredictable, fast moving and extremely dangerous.
	www.birminghamuk.com /breandown.htm (323 words)

	Brean Down
		Brean Down, rich in wildlife and history, is one of the most dramatic landmarks of the Somerset coastline, extending 1½ miles into the Bristol Channel.
		To the north of the Down, lies the expanse of Weston Bay and the town of Weston-super-Mare.
		At the outbreak of WW2, the Fort was re-garrisoned.
	website.lineone.net /~ronald.h.miller/breandown.htm (1143 words)

	Brean
		This mark is situated in front of the Brean down caravan park.
		Brean down is the most popular mark in Brean and is the headland right of brean cafe.
		This mark is on the tip of the down and will produce cod to 20lb to whole squid baits between December and January.
	www.uk-active.co.uk /fishing/shorefishing/somersetbristol/brean.htm (465 words)

	Somerset Life
		Brean Down Fort, perched at the very tip of the peninsula overlooking Weston-super-Mare, is an unintentional folly.
		In 1951 Brean Down was given to the National Trust by Axbridge Urban District Council as part of the Festival of Britain celebrations.
		The fort is one of four spanning the Bristol Channel, the others being on Flat Holm, Steep Holm and Lavernock Point in Wales, constructed in response to an invasion scare.
	www.somerset-life.co.uk /?id=594 (866 words)

	Brean Down Fort, Its History and the Defence of the Bristol Channel - Bijl, Nick Van Der
		Brean Down Fort, Its History and the Defence of the Bristol Channel - Bijl, Nick Van Der
		Title: Brean Down Fort, Its History and the Defence of the Bristol Channel
		This is a new from publisher copy, published at £12.95 Contained in large format glossy card covers are 168 printed pages containing a fine balance of text, maps, plans and 96fl and white photographs along with 17 in colour.
	www.nenevalley-railwaybooks.co.uk /si/N941.html (69 words)

	Walk #367: Highbridge to Weston-Super-Mare
		Brean Down was an extremely impressive lump of rocks, and I enjoyed the views that I got from the top of it.
		At the end of the down is a fort with many intact buildings, and I spent ten minutes walking around the extant buildings, wondering what it must have been like to work there.
		When you reach the place where the steps were leading up to the down take a footpath to the right that leads a short distance uphill to the top of the steps.
	www.britishwalks.org /walks/2003/367.php (1585 words)

	Unexplained Mysteries Discussion Forums -> good place to start
		The fort was armed with 7-inch RMLs, four on A pivots and three on C pivots, all on Dwarf traversing platforms.
		In August 1885 the fort was used to test a Carriage, Garrison, Iron Sliding and Platform Iron with projectile lift, 5ft.
		To the rear of the fort were constructed the usual observation posts and two searchlight positions are still extant one to the west of the fort and one in front.
	www.unexplained-mysteries.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=13057&view=new (602 words)

	Biblio: Brean Down Fort: Its History and the Defence of the Bristol Channel by Bijl, Nick Van Der: Details
		Biblio: Brean Down Fort: Its History and the Defence of the Bristol Channel by Bijl, Nick Van Der: Details
		Bijl, Nick Van Der: Brean Down Fort: Its History and the Defence of the Bristol Channel
		This fascinating account of the fort, on one of Somerset's famous promontories, formed part of the defences of the Bristol Channel when Britain was under threat of invasion from France.
	www.biblio.com /books/8138898.html (174 words)

	Curse Tablets from Roman Britain: Location and Character of Brean Down
		The temple at Brean Down lies at the eastern, landward, end of a mile long promontory projecting westwards into the Bristol Channel.
		The Down is a continuation of the Mendip Hills, divided from them by the river Axe, the mouth of which lies immediately to the east.
		These dangers are probably responsible, for example, for the building of the fourth century fort at Cardiff, one of several new or refurbished military installations on Britain's western coast.
	curses.csad.ox.ac.uk /sites/breanDown-location.shtml (371 words)

	Country Life : Country rural (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Brean Down Fort, which sits on a limestone peninsula overlooking the Bristol Channel, had previously been in the custody of Sedgemoor District Council.
		The fort remained operational until 1900 but started to fall into a state of disrepair in the aftermath of the Second World War during which it was chosen as the site for a Coast Artillery Battery.
		Restoration work on the fort was completed earlier this year funded by a Lottery bid of just over 400,000.
	www.countrylife.co.uk /home_rural_news_clife.htm (4815 words)

	Brean Down - A Guide to Brean Down Fort and the area owned by the National Trust - Brean Down, Somerset, UK
		Brean Down - A Guide to Brean Down Fort and the area owned by the National Trust - Brean Down, Somerset, UK Burnham-On-Sea, Somerset
		Huge damage was done - with the wall seperating the fort from the moat on the south west corner being demolished and wreckage thrown up to 200 yards.
		Image showing the area on Brean Down covered as a Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) notified under Section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
	www.burnham-on-sea.com /breandown.shtml (1843 words)

	Brean Down - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Map sources for Brean Down at grid reference ST283591
		Brean Down is a promontory off the coast of North Somerset standing 320 feet high and extending 1½ miles into the Bristol Channel between Weston-super-Mare and Burnham on Sea.
		This page was last modified 02:06, 1 August 2005.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brean_Down (158 words)

	BIBLIOGRAPHY
		Bede, Eddius, and the Forts of the North Britons.
		The Roman Fort of Vindolanda at Chesterholm, Northumberland.
		The Excavations of the Roman Forts of the Classis Britannica at Dover, 1970-1977.
	www.the-orb.net /encyclop/early/origins/rom_celt/biblio1.html (6393 words)

	Colonial Wargames - Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Brean Down Fort - along with other forts at Flat Holm, Steep Holm, and Lavernock Point - was built to defend the Bristol Channel.
		This was when the construction of Fort Burgoyne, which is to the north of Dover Castle, was also begun, and by 1861 Dover had fortifications that could house 7000 men.
		Commanded by Francis Rawdon Chesney, an Artillery Officer, the paddle steamers attempted to sail down the River Euphrates to the Persian Gulf.
	www.colonialwargames.org.uk /Inspiration/Books/a_e.htm (4783 words)

	Axe Estuary; Brean Down
		Once at Brean Down Farm you can follow the footpath to the old foot ferry crossing about 1 km upstream.
		My recommended route is along the track past the Bird Gardens towards Brean Down Farm, then up onto the down via the narrow road past the 'kissing gates'.
		Don't forget to have a quick check of Brean Beach from the car park, but at low tide the water sea will be miles away.
	www.somersetbirder.fsnet.co.uk /page10.html (542 words)

	Brean Down Fort
		Brean Down page of the National Trust's website (http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/scripts/nthandbook.dll?ACTION=PROPERTYandPROPERTYID=701)
		This page was last modified 15:02, 25 Apr 2005.
		The article about Brean Down Fort contains information related to Brean Down Fort and External links.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Brean_Down_Fort (106 words)

	The Weston Mercury (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		• Brean Down Fort, from which Marconi conducted one of his successful experiments in radio transmission across the Bristol Channel in 1897.
		There was the experiment on Knightstone Island and afterwards a station was set up on Brean Down, facilities being granted at Brean Down Fort, which was then still occupied by a Royal Artillery detachment.
		After his success in spanning the Channel from Lavernock to Brean Down, Marconi moved further down the channel, and also achieved cross-channel links from Ilfracombe.
	www.thewestonmercury.co.uk /RoundAbout/asp/03-03-14WirelessAerial.asp (1619 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
		'''Brean Down Fort''' was built on Brean Down near Weston-super-Mare, Somerset between 1864 and 1871 on the recommendations of the Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom 1859 Royal Commission.
		- Brean Down page of the National Trust's website Category:British forts Category:Buildings and structures in Somerset Category:Visitor attractions in Somerset Category:National Trust properties in England
		There you find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article Brean Down Fort.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Brean_Down_Fort.html (164 words)

	PFS Research
		A list of forts can be found on the fort data page.
		If you require information on any other fort then contact David Moore, email below.
		The Society archive is at Fort Nelson, Fareham Hants.
	www.palmerstonforts.org.uk /rese.htm (132 words)

	National Trust \| Brean Down
		Promontory of land with dramatic cliffs and Victorian fort
		The Fort and Down are reached by a steep climb from the car park.
		Join the National Trust and see hundreds more houses and gardens for free.
	www.nationaltrust.org.uk /main/cymraeg/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-breandown.htm (167 words)

	eBay.co.uk - fort, Postcards, Art, Militaria items at low prices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		WW1 The Outskirts of Fort Vaux - Verdun YMCA
		Brean Down Fort:History and Defense of Bristol Channel
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	Aronsson's Telecom History Timeline
		105,000 down to 90,000 people might have to continue down to 70,000.
		The injuction is stayed two days later by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, ruling that "substantial questions" were raised about the merits and form of judge Patel's injunction.
		At one time the value of ATandT was down to US$ 57 billion, but has regained most of its value.
	aronsson.se /hist.html (19118 words)

	Re: brean down 24/10/02 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This message was posted by Roger Musgrove, posted on October 24, 2002 at 13:17:45
		This message is a reply to brean down 24/10/02 posted from paul bowyer posted at October 24, 2002 at 07:59:05
		Paul, The owl was a Short-eared, I saw it after I met you, it was flying around by the fort before heading off south along the Down.
	users7.cgiforme.com /sombirds/messages/175.html (121 words)

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