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Bowden Battery is a coastal defence fortification located in Devon. The site comprises an artillery battery constructed during the Napoleonic Wars period, reflecting the strategic military concerns of early nineteenth-century Britain when invasion threats from France necessitated the fortification of vulnerable coastlines. The battery would have been equipped to mount cannon and accommodate gun crews responsible for defending the coast against potential amphibious attack. Such batteries formed part of the wider system of Napoleonic-era coastal defences that characterised Devon's defensive infrastructure during this period of heightened military tension.
Bowden Battery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021365. View the official record →
Bowden Battery is a coastal defence fortification located in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021365.
Bowden 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 1021365.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Fort Stamford (5.6 km), Bowl barrow immediately south of the cricket ground and pavilion in Mount Edgcumbe Park (7.4 km), Staddon Heights Defences including Fort Staddon Fort, Brownhill Battery, Watch House Battery, Staddon Heights Battery, Staddon Battery and associated features and structures (7.4 km).
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