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Ernesettle Battery is a late eighteenth-century coastal defence fortification located near Plymouth in Devon. Built during the Napoleonic Wars, the battery formed part of the defensive system protecting the strategically important naval dockyard and harbour of Plymouth Sound against potential French invasion. The structure comprises an earth and masonry gun emplacement designed to mount cannon covering the approaches to the anchorage. It survives as a scheduled monument and represents the significant investment in coastal fortification undertaken by Britain during the extended period of conflict with France at the turn of the nineteenth century.
Ernesettle battery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003193. View the official record →
Ernesettle Battery is a late eighteenth-century coastal defence fortification located near Plymouth in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003193.
Ernesettle 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 1003193.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery at Maker Heights (8 km), Two batteries and part of a third at Maker Heights called Redoubt No1, Redoubt No2 and Redoubt No3 (8.2 km), Battery and Royal Commission fortification called Grenville Battery (8.2 km).
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