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Royal Commission fortifications at Forder Hill is a Second World War defensive installation located in Cornwall, England. The site comprises musketry lines and a road block constructed as part of the extensive anti-invasion preparations undertaken along the Cornish coast during the period of heightened threat from 1940 onwards. These fortifications represent the practical application of contemporary military strategy to defend against potential German amphibious assault, reflecting the urgent defensive measures implemented across southern England during the war. The physical remains of the fortified positions demonstrate the type of field engineering and tactical deployment characteristic of Home Defence works from this critical period.
Royal Commission fortifications at Forder Hill including two musketry lines and a road block is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007300. View the official record →
Royal Commission fortifications at Forder Hill is a Second World War defensive installation located in Cornwall, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007300.
Royal Commission fortifications at Forder Hill including two musketry lines and a road block 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 1007300.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Royal Commission Fortification: unfinished battery at Knatterbury (0.6 km), Cawsand Fort (0.6 km), Two batteries and part of a third at Maker Heights called Redoubt No1, Redoubt No2 and Redoubt No3 (1.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Royal Commission fortifications at Forder Hill including two musketry lines and a road block'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.
Royal Commission fortifications at Forder Hill including two musketry lines and a road block stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.