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Gunpowder storage complex at Kennall Vale is a scheduled monument comprising the remains of an explosives manufacturing and storage facility situated in a remote valley near Mabe in Cornwall. Dating from the late eighteenth century, the complex represents an important phase of industrial development during the Napoleonic Wars period when demand for gunpowder was considerable. The site contains the foundations and ruins of multiple stone-built magazines and ancillary structures, including powder mills and storage bunkers, strategically positioned along the valley to minimise the impact of potential explosions. The isolated location and water resources of Kennall Vale made it suitable for this hazardous industry, and the surviving remains provide archaeological evidence of eighteenth-century explosive manufacture and the industrial infrastructure required to support military procurement.
Gunpowder storage complex at Kennall Vale is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020441. View the official record →
Gunpowder storage complex at Kennall Vale is a scheduled monument comprising the remains of an explosives manufacturing and storage facility situated in a remote valley near Mabe in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020441.
Gunpowder storage complex at Kennall Vale 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 1020441.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Three wayside crosses 235m south east of Bosvathick (7.6 km), Medieval wayside cross 85m north east of Trewardreva Mill (7.7 km), 'Pixie's Hall' (8.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Gunpowder storage complex at Kennall Vale's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Gunpowder storage complex at Kennall Vale stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.