This construction although it may seem insignificant to the passer by is just as important as any other building on the complex. It was built before the war as a shelter for the locals to sit and enjoy the view. There were a few of these shelters around Brixham, all of the same design. It is located about 20 yards down from the main Battery Observation Post.

During the war years when the Royal Artillery occupied the site it was boarded up and used as a guard house and a store for small arms and spare parts. It was named by one of the compliment of the Battery as the "Altmark" and it is thought that it was about the time that the British destroyer Cossack rescued 299 British merchant seamen from the German ship "Altmark" on February 16th 1940 in the Norwegian Jossing Fjiord. The Altmark was the supply ship to the Graff Spee.

The name given to this construction as the "Altmark" is recognised today in the Public Records Office and our Local Council.

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