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Redoubt No1, Redoubt No2 and Redoubt No3 at Maker Heights is a scheduled ancient monument comprising defensive artillery batteries dating from the Napoleonic Wars period, constructed in the early nineteenth century. The three redoubts were part of a wider fortification scheme designed to protect the Tamar estuary and Plymouth from potential French invasion during the prolonged conflict with Napoleonic France. Two batteries and part of a third survive at the site, retaining evidence of their characteristic earthwork construction with bastioned layouts suited to artillery deployment. These fortifications represent an important phase in Britain's coastal defence infrastructure during one of the most significant periods of military threat in the Georgian and early Victorian era.
Two batteries and part of a third at Maker Heights called Redoubt No1, Redoubt No2 and Redoubt No3 is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004254. View the official record →
Redoubt No1, Redoubt No2 and Redoubt No3 at Maker Heights is a scheduled ancient monument comprising defensive artillery batteries dating from the Napoleonic Wars period, constructed in the early nineteenth century.
Two batteries and part of a third at Maker Heights called Redoubt No1, Redoubt No2 and Redoubt No3 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 1004254.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery at Maker Heights (0.2 km), Battery and Royal Commission fortification called Grenville Battery (0.3 km), Battery with Royal Commission fortifications called Redoubt No.5 at Maker Heights (0.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Two batteries and part of a third at Maker Heights called Redoubt No1, Redoubt No2 and Redoubt No3's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Two batteries and part of a third at Maker Heights called Redoubt No1, Redoubt No2 and Redoubt No3 stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.