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Blockhouse at the Garden Battery is a Napoleonic War fortification located in Cornwall, England. The structure dates from the early nineteenth century and was constructed as part of the defensive measures undertaken along the Cornish coast during the period of heightened threat from French invasion. The blockhouse represents the type of compact, heavily fortified gun battery that was characteristically built during this era to provide coastal artillery protection. Its physical form reflects the functional military architecture of the Napoleonic period, designed to accommodate cannon emplacements and provide protective walls for its garrison.
Blockhouse at the Garden Battery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004497. View the official record →
Blockhouse at the Garden Battery is a Napoleonic War fortification located in Cornwall, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004497.
Blockhouse at the Garden 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 1004497.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Battery and Royal Commission fortification called Grenville Battery (2.7 km), Two batteries and part of a third at Maker Heights called Redoubt No1, Redoubt No2 and Redoubt No3 (2.8 km), Breakwater fort (3.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Blockhouse at the Garden Battery's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Blockhouse at the Garden Battery stands on Devonian claystone, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is claystone.