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No 1 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines is a nineteenth-century coastal defence fortification located at Stokes Bay in Hampshire. The battery forms part of the extensive system of Victorian-era coastal defences constructed along the Solent during the 1860s and 1870s to protect against potential French invasion. The site comprises earthwork fortifications and associated gun emplacements typical of mid-Victorian military engineering, reflecting the strategic importance of the Hampshire coast during this period of imperial defence planning. The battery remains a significant example of nineteenth-century defensive architecture and demonstrates the scale of investment in coastal protection during the later nineteenth century.
No 1 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1405953. View the official record →
No 1 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines is a nineteenth-century coastal defence fortification located at Stokes Bay in Hampshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1405953.
No 1 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines 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 1405953.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including No. 5 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines (2 km), Gilkicker fort (2.4 km), Fort Monckton (2.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of No 1 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines'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.
No 1 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.