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A Napoleonic coastal battery at Bath Side is a defensive fortification constructed during the Napoleonic Wars to protect the Essex coast against potential French invasion. Dating to the early nineteenth century, it represents part of the wider system of coastal defences erected along the English seaboard between 1803 and 1815. The battery would have been equipped to mount artillery pieces commanding the approaches to the Thames estuary. Its location northwest of Tower Hill at Bath Side reflects the strategic importance placed on defending this stretch of vulnerable coastline during the period of heightened threat from Napoleonic France.
A Napoleonic coastal battery at Bath Side, 400m north west of Tower Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018957. View the official record →
A Napoleonic coastal battery at Bath Side is a defensive fortification constructed during the Napoleonic Wars to protect the Essex coast against potential French invasion. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018957.
A Napoleonic coastal battery at Bath Side, 400m north west of Tower Hill is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1018957.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Harwich High Lighthouse (0.2 km), The Harwich Treadwheel Crane (0.3 km), The Harwich Redoubt (0.4 km).
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A Napoleonic coastal battery at Bath Side, 400m north west of Tower Hill stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.