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Monument Number 457479
Hob Uid: 457479
Location : Dorset Swanage
Grid Ref : SZ0399507862
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.
More information : (SZ 04007862) Battery (NAT). (1) 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 Peverish Point, being built between 1584 and 1586. A vaulted stone magazine 12 feet by 10 feet was erected to keep powder. (3) 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. (4)

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Source details : OS 2" Drawing 1805-7 No 66E
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Source details : Hutchins Hist of Dorset 3rd Ed Vol 1 1861 657 (ed W Shipp)
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Source details : Colwin HM 1982. History of the King's Works, 4 (ii). London: HMSO 469
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Source details : The two databases developed by the Project can be searched on-line through the Archaeology Data Service at http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/specColl/dob/index.cfm
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Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Post Medieval
Monument End Date : 1901
Monument Start Date : 1540
Monument Type : Battery
Evidence : Uncertain Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : DoB Anti Invasion Database UID
External Cross Reference Number : S0013765
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SZ 07 NW 25
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Monument Number 457479