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Whitsand Bay Battery is a coastal defence fortification located in Cornwall, England, constructed during the Napoleonic Wars in the early nineteenth century. The battery was built as part of the extensive system of coastal defences erected along the south coast of England to counter the threat of French invasion during the period of hostilities between 1803 and 1815. The site comprises gun emplacements and associated earthworks designed to mount artillery pieces commanding the approach to Whitsand Bay. The battery represents a significant example of the Napoleonic-period military architecture that characterised the strategic fortification of the Cornish coast during this critical period of British history.
Whitsand Bay Battery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004664. View the official record →
Whitsand Bay Battery is a coastal defence fortification located in Cornwall, England, constructed during the Napoleonic Wars in the early nineteenth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004664.
Whitsand Bay Battery 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 1004664.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Whitsand Bay practice battery (0.2 km), Royal Commission Fortification: unfinished battery at Knatterbury (1.8 km), Royal Commission fortifications at Forder Hill including two musketry lines and a road block (2.2 km).
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