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Redoubt No.5 at Maker Heights is a Napoleonic War fortification constructed as part of the extensive defensive system built along the Cornish coast during the early nineteenth century. The battery was one of several royal commission-designed redoubts erected to protect Plymouth Sound and the surrounding coastline against the threat of French invasion between approximately 1808 and 1815. The fortification survives as an earthwork structure characteristic of Napoleonic-period military architecture, with its defensive layout designed to mount artillery and command strategic views across the coastal approaches.
Battery with Royal Commission fortifications called Redoubt No.5 at Maker Heights is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004255. View the official record →
Redoubt No.5 at Maker Heights is a Napoleonic War fortification constructed as part of the extensive defensive system built along the Cornish coast during the early nineteenth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004255.
Battery with Royal Commission fortifications called Redoubt No.5 at Maker Heights 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 1004255.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery at Maker Heights (0.5 km), Two batteries and part of a third at Maker Heights called Redoubt No1, Redoubt No2 and Redoubt No3 (0.7 km), Battery and Royal Commission fortification called Grenville Battery (0.8 km).
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