Scheduled MonumentsEnglandCivil War redoubt 750m south east of East Linnacombe

Civil War redoubt 750m south east of East Linnacombe

England
List entry 1020269
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020269
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.05 hectares
Grid reference
SX 54592 91916
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The redoubt 750 metres south-east of East Linnacombe is a fortification constructed during the English Civil War, likely in the 1640s as part of the defensive infrastructure erected across Devon during the conflict between Royalist and Parliamentarian forces. The monument survives as an earthwork consisting of a raised platform with surrounding ditches, characteristic of the hastily constructed field fortifications that typified Civil War military engineering. Its location in south Devon reflects the strategic importance of the region during the war, when control of the county was contested between opposing armies. The site remains of archaeological significance as evidence of Civil War military activity and the physical landscape of conflict in the south-west of England.

Civil War redoubt 750m south east of East Linnacombe is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020269. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Civil War redoubt 750m south east of East Linnacombe?

The redoubt 750 metres south-east of East Linnacombe is a fortification constructed during the English Civil War, likely in the 1640s as part of the defensive infrastructure erected across Devon during the conflict between Royalist and Parliamentarian forces. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020269.

Who is responsible for protecting Civil War redoubt 750m south east of East Linnacombe?

Civil War redoubt 750m south east of East Linnacombe 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 1020269.

What other scheduled monuments are near Civil War redoubt 750m south east of East Linnacombe?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn 240m north of Ger Tor (8.6 km), A cluster of five stone hut circles and associated boundary wall situated within a large enclosure 30m north-east of Ger Tor (8.8 km), Stone hut circle and field-plots 100m east of Ger Tor (8.8 km).

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Overview
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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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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Civil War redoubt 750m south east of East Linnacombe

Civil War redoubt 750m south east of East Linnacombe stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Civil War redoubt 750m south east of East Linnacombe

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