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Bullpoint gunpowder magazines and camber is a late eighteenth-century military installation located in England, comprising structures built to store explosives and ammunition during the period of the Napoleonic Wars. The site consists of magazines designed with characteristic defensive earthworks and cambers, which were deliberately constructed topographical features intended to contain explosions and direct blast away from adjacent structures. These installations represent the practical application of contemporary military engineering principles for the safe storage of gunpowder and related ordnance. The surviving remains demonstrate the scale of military preparedness undertaken in southern England during the threat of French invasion in the early nineteenth century.
Bullpoint gunpowder magazines and camber is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003059. View the official record →
Bullpoint gunpowder magazines and camber is a late eighteenth-century military installation located in England, comprising structures built to store explosives and ammunition during the period of the Napoleonic Wars. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003059.
Bullpoint gunpowder magazines and camber 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 1003059.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery at Maker Heights (6.4 km), Two batteries and part of a third at Maker Heights called Redoubt No1, Redoubt No2 and Redoubt No3 (6.6 km), Battery and Royal Commission fortification called Grenville Battery (6.8 km).
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Bullpoint gunpowder magazines and camber stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.