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Napoleonic Barracks 480m south-west of Foxhole Farm, Cuckmere Haven is a military installation constructed during the Napoleonic Wars to defend the Sussex coast against the threat of French invasion. The barracks form part of the wider defensive infrastructure established along the south coast of England in the early nineteenth century, reflecting the strategic importance of the Cuckmere area as a potential landing site. The site comprises the remains of military accommodation and associated structures typical of temporary or semi-permanent garrison facilities of this period. These earthworks and ruins represent material evidence of the state of readiness maintained by British forces during the prolonged conflict with Napoleonic France.
Napoleonic Barracks 480m south-west of Foxhole Farm, Cuckmere Haven is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002201. View the official record →
Napoleonic Barracks 480m south-west of Foxhole Farm, Cuckmere Haven is a military installation constructed during the Napoleonic Wars to defend the Sussex coast against the threat of French invasion. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002201.
Napoleonic Barracks 480m south-west of Foxhole Farm, Cuckmere Haven 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 1002201.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow at Newbarn Bottom, 450m east of Foxhole (0.7 km), Remains of Exceat parish church: part of the former medieval settlement of Exceat, 690m south south west of Westdean Manor (1 km), Hillfort and a bowl barrow on Seaford Head (2.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Napoleonic Barracks 480m south-west of Foxhole Farm, Cuckmere Haven's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Napoleonic Barracks 480m south-west of Foxhole Farm, Cuckmere Haven stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.