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Grenville Battery is a coastal artillery fortification located in Cornwall, constructed during the nineteenth century as part of Britain's extensive programme of defensive works. The battery was built to mount cannon and protect against potential invasion threats, reflecting the military priorities of the Victorian era. It forms part of the network of fortifications developed under the Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom, which assessed and directed coastal defence infrastructure during the mid to late eighteen hundreds. The site survives as a scheduled ancient monument and represents an important example of nineteenth-century military engineering in Cornwall.
Battery and Royal Commission fortification called Grenville Battery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003114. View the official record →
Grenville Battery is a coastal artillery fortification located in Cornwall, constructed during the nineteenth century as part of Britain's extensive programme of defensive works. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003114.
Battery and Royal Commission fortification called Grenville Battery 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 1003114.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two batteries and part of a third at Maker Heights called Redoubt No1, Redoubt No2 and Redoubt No3 (0.3 km), Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery at Maker Heights (0.4 km), Battery with Royal Commission fortifications called Redoubt No.5 at Maker Heights (0.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Battery and Royal Commission fortification called Grenville Battery's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Battery and Royal Commission fortification called Grenville Battery stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic lava.