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The Civil War gun battery and covered way immediately south east of Wiverton Hall is a seventeenth-century military fortification constructed during the English Civil War. The site comprises defensive earthwork features including a gun battery position and an associated covered way, which would have provided protected movement and artillery placement during the conflict. Such fortifications around major houses like Wiverton Hall reflect the strategic importance of the locality and the necessity for landholding families to prepare defensive works against military operations. The earthworks survive as archaeological remains that document the physical impact of Civil War military activity upon the Nottinghamshire landscape.
Civil War gun battery and covered way immediately south east of Wiverton Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017404. View the official record →
The Civil War gun battery and covered way immediately south east of Wiverton Hall is a seventeenth-century military fortification constructed during the English Civil War. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017404.
Civil War gun battery and covered way immediately south east of Wiverton Hall 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 1017404.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site and fishponds 225m north of Wiverton Hall (0.3 km), St Mary's Church (3.1 km), Medieval market cross and 19th century commemorative cross (3.4 km).
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