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Paull Point Battery is a coastal artillery fortification and submarine mining establishment located in the East Riding of Yorkshire, situated to protect the Humber estuary during the late nineteenth century. The battery was constructed as part of the defensive preparations undertaken in response to perceived threats from continental powers, particularly following the Franco-Prussian War and the development of ironclad naval technology. The site comprises gun emplacements and associated structures characteristic of Victorian coastal defence engineering, including infrastructure related to the emerging technology of submarine mining, which represented an innovative approach to harbour protection during this period. The fortification reflects the strategic importance of the Humber as a major industrial and commercial waterway requiring military safeguarding during the latter decades of the nineteenth century.
Paull Point Battery, coastal artillery battery and Submarine Mining Establishment is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020425. View the official record →
Paull Point Battery is a coastal artillery fortification and submarine mining establishment located in the East Riding of Yorkshire, situated to protect the Humber estuary during the late nineteenth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020425.
Paull Point Battery, coastal artillery battery and Submarine Mining Establishment 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 1020425.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Paull Holme moated site and tower (1.7 km), Hedon medieval town (3 km), Ravenspurn cross (3.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Paull Point Battery, coastal artillery battery and Submarine Mining Establishment'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.
Paull Point Battery, coastal artillery battery and Submarine Mining Establishment stands on Late Cretaceous limestone, bedrock that formed in the Late Cretaceous. The rock here is limestone.