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Civil War battery at Wearde Quay

England
List entry 1004447
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004447
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.11 hectares
Grid reference
SX4245857700
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Civil War battery at Wearde Quay is a fortified defensive position constructed during the English Civil War period. The battery was built to control the strategically important waterway and represents the military engineering typical of the 1640s conflict, when both Parliamentarian and Royalist forces fortified key coastal and riverine locations across Cornwall. The site retains earthwork remains that reflect its original construction as an artillery emplacement designed to command access to the quay and adjacent waters. Its preservation as a scheduled ancient monument testifies to its significance as physical evidence of the Civil War's impact on Cornish defensive infrastructure.

Civil War battery at Wearde Quay is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004447. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Civil War battery at Wearde Quay?

Civil War battery at Wearde Quay is a fortified defensive position constructed during the English Civil War period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004447.

Who is responsible for protecting Civil War battery at Wearde Quay?

Civil War battery at Wearde Quay 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 1004447.

What other scheduled monuments are near Civil War battery at Wearde Quay?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Battery with Royal Commission fortifications called Redoubt No.5 at Maker Heights (5.9 km), Holy well called St Julian's Well (5.9 km), Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery at Maker Heights (6.4 km).

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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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Battery with Royal Commission fortifications called Redoubt No.5 at Maker Heights
5.9 km
Holy well called St Julian's Well
5.9 km
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery at Maker Heights
6.4 km
Whitsand Bay practice battery
6.5 km
Whitsand Bay Battery
6.5 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
6.7 km
Cawsand Fort
7.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Civil War battery at Wearde Quay

Civil War battery at Wearde Quay stands on Late Devonian claystone, bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is claystone.

The wider landscape

Around Civil War battery at Wearde Quay

Battle of Braddock Down (1643)Battle (1643) · ~15.8 miles
Domesday entry for Trematon, Cornwall →
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