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Bouldnor Battery

England
List entry 1010011
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010011
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.3 hectares
Grid reference
SZ 37888 90187, SZ 37934 90064
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bouldnor Battery is a coastal artillery fortification located on the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, England. The battery was constructed during the nineteenth century as part of the extensive defensive works built to protect against potential invasion, particularly following the Napoleonic Wars and during subsequent periods of national defence concern. The site comprises earthwork remains characteristic of Victorian-era coastal batteries, designed to mount cannon and command approaches to the Solent. As a scheduled ancient monument, Bouldnor Battery represents an important example of nineteenth-century military engineering and fortification strategy.

Bouldnor Battery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010011. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bouldnor Battery?

Bouldnor Battery is a coastal artillery fortification located on the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010011.

Who is responsible for protecting Bouldnor Battery?

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.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bouldnor Battery?

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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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.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
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.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

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
The Longstone: a long barrow 60m south of Longstone Cottage
6.6 km
Castle Hill earthwork
6.8 km
Two bowl barrows 250m south-west of Calbourne Bottom
6.8 km
Bowl barrow known as 'Black Barrow': 670m NNE of Longstone Farmhouse
7 km
Two bowl barrows on Brighstone Down within the area of Brighstone Forest: 1.1km NNE of Coombe Farm
7.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bouldnor Battery

Bouldnor Battery stands on Solent Group, bedrock that formed in the Paleogene. The rock here is clay, silt and sand.

Domesday entry for Thorley, Hampshire →
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