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Ardhallow Battery and Defences

Scotland
HES SM13683
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Scotland
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Overview

History & significance

Ardhallow Battery and Defences is a coastal fortification located in Argyllshire, Scotland, dating to the Napoleonic Wars period of the early nineteenth century. The site comprises defensive earthworks constructed to protect against potential French invasion during the conflict with Napoleon, reflecting the widespread military preparations undertaken along British coasts at this time. The battery would have housed artillery pieces positioned to command approaches to the local coastline, whilst associated defensive structures including ditches and embankments formed part of the broader defensive scheme. Such temporary or semi-permanent batteries were characteristic responses to the invasion threat that dominated British strategic thinking between 1803 and 1815.

Ardhallow Battery and Defences is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13683. View the official record →

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What is Ardhallow Battery and Defences?

Ardhallow Battery and Defences is a coastal fortification located in Argyllshire, Scotland, dating to the Napoleonic Wars period of the early nineteenth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13683.

Who is responsible for protecting Ardhallow Battery and Defences?

Ardhallow Battery and Defences is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM13683.

What other scheduled monuments are near Ardhallow Battery and Defences?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Creag Bhreac,cairn 100m ESE of (2.1 km), Knockamillie Castle (2.6 km), Dunoon Castle (3.5 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Stat Accounts
The parish Statistical Accounts of the 1790s and 1830s, describing life, work and population here.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Creag Bhreac,cairn 100m ESE of
Cairn2.1 km
Knockamillie Castle
2.6 km
Dunoon Castle
3.5 km
Dunloskin Wood, platforms and charcoal production area
Platforms and charcoal production area5.2 km
Cloch Lighthouse, anti-submarine tethering points 15m N and 10m SW of
Anti-submarine tethering points 15m n and5.4 km
Cloch Lighthouse, coast battery 295m SSE of
Coast battery5.4 km
Ardnadam, settlement, chapel and enclosure 215m W of The Larches
Medieval · Settlement, chapel and enclosure 215m w of the larches5.6 km
Tollard House,rock carvings 60m SSE of
Rock carvings6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Ardhallow Battery and Defences

Ardhallow Battery and Defences stands on Southern Highland Group, bedrock that formed in the Middle Cambrian. The rock here is psammite and pelite.

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