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Eastern King battery

England
List entry 1002643
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1002643
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.4 hectares
Grid reference
SX 46616 53591
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Eastern King battery is a Civil War period fortification located in Devon, England. The battery dates to the 17th century and represents the defensive infrastructure constructed during the English Civil War era. It forms part of the network of coastal and inland fortifications built to control strategic positions and protect against military threats during this period of conflict. The site retains evidence of its original earthwork construction characteristic of Civil War military engineering.

Eastern King battery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002643. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Eastern King battery?

Eastern King battery is a Civil War period fortification located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002643.

Who is responsible for protecting Eastern King battery?

Eastern King battery 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 1002643.

What other scheduled monuments are near Eastern King battery?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Breakwater fort (3.2 km), Staddon Heights Defences including Fort Staddon Fort, Brownhill Battery, Watch House Battery, Staddon Heights Battery, Staddon Battery and associated features and structures (3.6 km), Fort Bovisand (3.6 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Breakwater fort
3.2 km
Staddon Heights Defences including Fort Staddon Fort, Brownhill Battery, Watch House Battery, Staddon Heights Battery, Staddon Battery and associated features and structures
3.6 km
Fort Bovisand
3.6 km
Battery and Royal Commission fortification called Grenville Battery
3.7 km
Two batteries and part of a third at Maker Heights called Redoubt No1, Redoubt No2 and Redoubt No3
3.8 km
Cawsand Fort
4.6 km
Royal Commission fortifications at Forder Hill including two musketry lines and a road block
5.1 km
Royal Commission Fortification: unfinished battery at Knatterbury
5.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Eastern King battery

Eastern King battery stands on Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is limestone, mudstone and calcareous mudstone.

Domesday entry for Stonehouse, Devon →
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