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Gomerock Tower

England
List entry 1003852
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003852
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
SX 88874 50503
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Gomerock Tower is a coastal defensive structure located in Devon, England. The tower dates to the early modern period and forms part of the network of fortifications constructed to defend the English coast. Built of stone, the tower exemplifies the architectural style of coastal defence works characteristic of its era. The monument remains an important record of Devon's maritime defensive heritage and the strategic concerns of its period.

Gomerock Tower is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003852. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Gomerock Tower?

Gomerock Tower is a coastal defensive structure located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003852.

Who is responsible for protecting Gomerock Tower?

Gomerock Tower 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 1003852.

What other scheduled monuments are near Gomerock Tower?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dartmouth Castle (0.3 km), Civil War fieldwork known as Gallant's Bower (0.6 km), Bayard's Cove Castle: a blockhouse in Dartmouth (1.1 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

Dartmouth Castle
0.3 km
Civil War fieldwork known as Gallant's Bower
0.6 km
Bayard's Cove Castle: a blockhouse in Dartmouth
1.1 km
D-Day landing craft maintenance site on the River Dart immediately to the south of Lower Noss Point
2.4 km
Hillfort known as Greenway Camp, immediately north east of Cart Wood
3.2 km
Bowl barrow 690m north of Longwood House
3.2 km
Site of chapel at Manor Farm
3.4 km
D-Day landing craft maintenance site on the River Dart, 270m south east of Maypool Cottage
3.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Gomerock Tower

Gomerock Tower stands on Early Devonian sandstone, bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sandstone.

Domesday entry for Coleton, Devon →
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