Archaeological evidence of fish in the diet of the Berry Head garrison

By: Dr Philip L. Armitage (Museum Curator)
Added: 17 July 2012

The results of post-excavation analyses on an assemblage of fish bones from late 18th/early 19th century military refuse within the Berry Head Forts (Torbay)have just been published in Post-Medieval Archaeology 46/1 (2012), 196-210.

Article title: Archaeological evidence of fish in the diet of the garrison at the Berry Head Forts, Brixham (Torbay) 1794-1817, with special reference to European hake Merluccius merluccius.

Author: Philip L. Armitage