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Royal Commission Fortification: unfinished battery at Knatterbury is a 19th-century coastal defence structure located in Cornwall, England. The battery represents part of the wider programme of fortification undertaken by the Board of Ordnance during the Napoleonic Wars period, when Britain constructed numerous gun batteries and coastal defences to guard against potential invasion from continental Europe. The site remains notably incomplete, preserving evidence of interrupted military construction work. The physical remains reflect the characteristic design of Napoleonic-era artillery batteries, demonstrating the strategic importance placed upon coastal protection during this period of heightened military threat.
Royal Commission Fortification: unfinished battery at Knatterbury is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007299. View the official record →
Royal Commission Fortification: unfinished battery at Knatterbury is a 19th-century coastal defence structure located in Cornwall, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007299.
Royal Commission Fortification: unfinished battery at Knatterbury 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 1007299.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Royal Commission fortifications at Forder Hill including two musketry lines and a road block (0.6 km), Cawsand Fort (1.2 km), Promontory fort, medieval chapel of St Michael's and Second World War radar station at Rame Head (1.8 km).
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