Bridging Barne Barton: The Island Stories

“A not-quite-public place called The Ledge: a stone, waterfront ledge in Barne Barton, nestled between the old stone gate of an MOD barracks and a creek at the peninsula’s edge. It is a grey area of land that the MOD owns and polices, while turning a blind eye to civilians who go exploring it.  Such spaces are commonplace in Barne Barton, given the MOD’s land ownership and its control of the peninsula’s shoreline. There, as across much of Plymouth, the edge of the land fuses with the defence of the nation, geology with fortification.”