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Royal Naval Propellant Factory Caerwent Nitro-glycerine Hill is a nitrating house of late nineteenth-century date forming part of the Royal Naval Propellant Factory complex established at Caerwent in Monmouthshire. The structure represents the industrial infrastructure developed to support Britain's naval modernisation during the period of intensifying international competition in explosive manufacturing. The site documents the technological and strategic importance placed on domestic propellant production at a time when nitro-glycerine-based explosives were integral to naval warfare capability. The nitrating house itself survives as physical evidence of Victorian-era military-industrial enterprise, occupying a landscape transformed by defence manufacturing requirements.
Royal Naval Propellant Factory Caerwent Nitro-glycerine Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MM352. View the official record →
Royal Naval Propellant Factory Caerwent Nitro-glycerine Hill is a nitrating house of late nineteenth-century date forming part of the Royal Naval Propellant Factory complex established at Caerwent in Monmouthshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MM352.
Royal Naval Propellant Factory Caerwent Nitro-glycerine Hill dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a nitrating house. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Royal Naval Propellant Factory Caerwent Nitro-glycerine Hill is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is MM352.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Caldicot Castle (unoccupied parts) (3.1 km), St. Mary's Churchyard Cross, Portskewett (3.7 km), Harold's House (site of) (3.7 km).
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