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Oliver's Battery is a Civil War fortification located on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall. The battery was constructed during the English Civil War, likely in the 1640s, as part of the defensive works erected to protect the strategically important Scilly archipelago. The site consists of gun emplacements and associated earthwork fortifications typical of mid-seventeenth-century military engineering. Oliver's Battery remains a significant example of Civil War period coastal defence architecture in the south-western maritime context.
Oliver's Battery, Tresco is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016181. View the official record →
Oliver's Battery is a Civil War fortification located on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016181.
Oliver's Battery, Tresco 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 1016181.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Nineteenth century gig-shed north east of Porth Askin (6.2 km), Two 19th century gig-sheds ENE of Porth Askin (6.2 km), Platform cairn on Wingletang Down, 30m south east of Porth Askin (6.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Oliver's Battery, Tresco'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.
Oliver's Battery, Tresco stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.