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HER Number:	7454.02
Name:	INNISIDGEN HILL - Post Medieval battery

Summary

Remains of a battery, visible as a small bank 8.0m long by 1.0m wide and 0.5m high.

Grid Reference:	SV 9219 1265
Parish:	St Marys, St Marys, Isles of Scilly
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Protected Status

Scheduled Monument 15400: TWO ENTRANCE GRAVES, A PREHISTORIC FIELD SYSTEM, AND CIVIL WAR FIELDWORKS AND BLOCKHOUSE ON INNISIDGEN HILL AND HELVEAR DOWN, ST MARY'S

Other References/Statuses

National Monuments Record: SV 91 SW 67
National Record of the Historic Environment to Historic Environment Records data transfer
National Record of the Historic Environment: 304141
OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SV91SW 67B
Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 7454.02
SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SV91SW 2

Monument Type(s):

COASTAL BATTERY (Civil War (1642 to 1651) - 1642 AD to 1651 AD)

Full description

Battery 'B', one of two batteries noted by Troutbeck, is recorded by the OS fieldworker (h1) as being only visible as a small bank, 8.0m long by 1.0m wide and 0.5m high. The 1908 OS map records it extending from Innisidgen Carn to the chambered cairn (7453. 01), but the battery has been partially destroyed since then (h1). This is one of a group of four batteries (7454). This site was visited in 1988 (h2) but no convincing evidence of a battery could be found; a bank running between Innisidgen Carn and the chambered cairn to the west appears to be a lynchet (see 7471).
The monument was included in the Schedule on 16/11/1998.

Not located in 2008-10 (4).

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Site history:
1: 1978. NJA/OS
2: 1988. PARKES, C / CAU
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<1> O'Neil, BH St J, 1961, Isles of Scilly MOW Guide, 31 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4042.

<2> Troutbeck, J, 1796, Survey of the Ancient and Present State of the Scilly Islands, 99-100 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4965.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1900s, 2nd Edition 1:2500 Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4050.

<4> Bowden, M, 2011, Isles of Scilly Military Defences, 1540-1951: Earthwork Sites and Minor Features, 30 (Cornwall Event Report). SCO25530.

Sources / Further Reading

[1]	SCO4042 - Bibliographic reference: O'Neil, BH St J. 1961. Isles of Scilly MOW Guide. 31.
[2]	SCO4965 - Bibliographic reference: Troutbeck, J. 1796. Survey of the Ancient and Present State of the Scilly Islands. 99-100.
[3]	SCO4050 - Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 1900s. 2nd Edition 1:2500 Map.
[4]	SCO25530 - Cornwall Event Report: Bowden, M. 2011. Isles of Scilly Military Defences, 1540-1951: Earthwork Sites and Minor Features. 30.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Related records

7454	Part of: INNISIDGEN HILL - Post Medieval siegework (Monument)

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