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Exploded Napoleonic practice redoubt on Butter Hill is a fortification constructed during the Napoleonic Wars period, specifically as a defensive earthwork training installation. Located in Berkshire, the redoubt exemplifies the military preparedness undertaken in southern England during the early nineteenth century when invasion by French forces remained a genuine strategic concern. The earthwork demonstrates the physical remains of a practice fortification, with its characteristic angular bastioned form reflecting contemporary military engineering doctrine. The site survives as a landscape monument testament to the period of national mobilisation and defensive infrastructure development that characterised Britain's response to Napoleonic threat.
Exploded Napoleonic practice redoubt on Butter Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017785. View the official record →
Exploded Napoleonic practice redoubt on Butter Hill is a fortification constructed during the Napoleonic Wars period, specifically as a defensive earthwork training installation. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017785.
Exploded Napoleonic practice redoubt on Butter Hill 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 1017785.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wickham Bushes Romano-British settlement (0.8 km), Windmill Stem mound in Bramshill Forest (0.9 km), Napoleonic practice redoubt and later practice trenches on Wagbullock Hill (1.1 km).
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Exploded Napoleonic practice redoubt on Butter Hill stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.