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Newhaven military fort and lunette battery is a nineteenth-century coastal defence structure located at Newhaven in East Sussex. The fortification was constructed during the period of heightened defence preparations against potential French invasion in the mid-nineteenth century, reflecting the strategic importance of the Sussex coast and Newhaven's developing role as a significant port. The complex comprises a main fort with associated lunette battery, typical of the Victorian-era defensive architecture designed to protect against naval attack. The site represents an important example of nineteenth-century military engineering and remains a substantial physical monument to the period's fortification strategy along the English coast.
Newhaven military fort and lunette battery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002242. View the official record →
Newhaven military fort and lunette battery is a nineteenth-century coastal defence structure located at Newhaven in East Sussex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002242.
Newhaven military fort and lunette 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 1002242.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows, the south easternmost pair of a group of six bowl barrows, forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Rookery Hill (1.9 km), Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Rookery Hill (1.9 km), Bowl barrow, the north westernmost barrow of a group of six bowl barrows, forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Rookery Hill (1.9 km).
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