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Bouldnor Battery is a coastal artillery fortification located on the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, dating from the nineteenth century. The battery was constructed as part of the defensive scheme developed during the period of anticipated French invasion threats that characterised the mid-Victorian era. It comprises earthwork embankments and gun positions designed to mount coastal artillery to command the waters of the Solent. The site represents the type of modest but strategically important coastal defence installation that proliferated around the British shoreline during the 1860s.
Bouldnor Battery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010011. View the official record →
Bouldnor Battery is a coastal artillery fortification located on the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, dating from the nineteenth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010011.
Bouldnor 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 1010011.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows 460m NNW of Longstone Cottage: part of a round barrow cemetery on Mottistone Down (6.1 km), Two bowl barrows 440m north of Longstone Cottage: part of a round barrow cemetery on Mottistone Down (6.1 km), Bowl barrow on Mottistone Common: 300m west of Longstone Cottage (6.4 km).
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