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Civil War redoubt 150m east of Tissington Hall is a seventeenth-century military earthwork constructed during the English Civil War. The monument survives as an earthen fortification designed to provide defensive positions and gun emplacements in the landscape near Tissington Hall, a significant contemporary residence. Its construction reflects the military strategies employed during the conflict, when such temporary or semi-permanent fieldworks were hastily erected to command important locations and control approaches to strategic properties. The redoubt's physical remains demonstrate the archaeological evidence of Civil War military engineering in the Midlands.
Civil War redoubt 150m east of Tissington Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018870. View the official record →
Civil War redoubt 150m east of Tissington Hall is a seventeenth-century military earthwork constructed during the English Civil War. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018870.
Civil War redoubt 150m east of Tissington 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 1018870.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Marten Hill (5.7 km), Medieval moated site, ridge and furrow, and mill site at Sturston (6 km), Mayfield strip lynchets (6.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Civil War redoubt 150m east of Tissington Hall's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Civil War redoubt 150m east of Tissington Hall stands on Bowland High Group And Craven Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone.