Monument record MWX804 - Battery, Peveril Point, Swanage

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Summary

A semi-circular battery with six guns stood on Peverel Point in 1774, together with a stone-built watch-house, turfed on the outside. An earlier battery stood on Peverel Point, being built between 1584 and 1586. A vaulted stone magazine 12 feet by 10 feet was erected to keep powder. During the Second World War, a rectangular L-shaped gun emplacement of mixed concrete on stone, with 4 x embrasures on top covered by metal grids 2ft 6 inches x 1ft 11inches was built here. Two 4-inch Naval guns were mounted. A coastguard station and residence has since been erected near this spot.

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A semi-circular battery with six guns stood on Peverel Point in 1774, together with a stone-built watch-house, turfed on the outside. A coastguard station and residence has since been erected near this spot. <2> An earlier battery stood on Peveril Point, being built between 1584 and 1586. A vaulted stone magazine 12 feet by 10 feet was erected to keep powder. <3>

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  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1807. Ordnance Survey 2 Drawing 1805-7 No 66E.
  • <2> Monograph: Shipp, W, and Hodson, J W (eds). 1861. The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 3rd edition. Volume 1. Vol 1. 657.
  • <3> Monograph: Colvin, H M. 1982. History of the Kings Works Volume 4: 1485-1660 (Part 2). 469.
  • <4> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 457479.

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Location

Grid reference SZ 04029 78637 (point)
Map sheet SZ07NW
Civil Parish Swanage; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Defence of Britain database: S0013765
  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 020 214
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SZ 07 NW 25
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 457479

Record last edited

Apr 14 2023 11:49AM

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