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Yaverland Battery is a coastal defence fortification located on the Isle of Wight near Shanklin. The battery dates from the Napoleonic Wars period, when it formed part of the defensive network constructed along the southern English coast to counter the threat of French invasion. It comprises an earthwork fortification with gun emplacements designed to provide artillery coverage of the waters off the Isle of Wight. The site represents an important example of early nineteenth-century military architecture and demonstrates the strategic importance placed on coastal defence during this volatile period of European conflict.
Yaverland Battery, 660m south of Yaverland Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021443. View the official record →
Yaverland Battery is a coastal defence fortification located on the Isle of Wight near Shanklin. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021443.
Yaverland Battery, 660m south of Yaverland Church 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 1021443.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bembridge Fort (1.2 km), Brading Roman villa (1.8 km), Bowl barrow on Culver Down (2.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Yaverland Battery, 660m south of Yaverland Church'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.
Yaverland Battery, 660m south of Yaverland Church stands on Wealden Group, bedrock that formed in the Barremian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.