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| HER Number: | MDV65687 |
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| Name: | Saluting Battery, Greenway, Galmpton |
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Summary
Saluting Battery to the west of the boathouse at Greenway House. According to a sales document of 1851 there was a battery of nine-pounder saluting cannon.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 873 545 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX85SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Kingswear |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CHURSTON FERRERS |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX85SE/365
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BATTERY (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV171530.
Des=dyer, m. //greenway, galmpton: archaeological + historic landscape survey: part 1/(july 2002)8,16+fig 4, ntsmr105371/ea report 02.48.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV171531.
Dyer, m. J. /greenway, galmpton: archaeological + historic landscape survey: part 2/site inventory(2002)28/(ea report 02.48).
Dyer, M. J., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV17393.
Saluting battery built in 1839 to the west of the boathouse of 'greenway house'. A sales document of 'greenway' in 1851 says that there was a 'battery of nine-pounder saluting cannon' (dyer).
English Heritage, 2004, Greenway, Devon (Register of Parks and Gardens in England). SDV346363.
A structure comprising a semicircular platform enclosed by a low crenellated stone wall with extensive views north-west and south along the River Dart. The Battery appears to have been built in the early 19th century, perhaps as part of the defences of the Dart estuary constructed during the Napoleonic wars. It is shown on an estate map of 1839. Other details: 5281.
Ordnance Survey, 2011, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV346129.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV171530 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV171531 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV17393 | Migrated Record: Dyer, M. J.. |
| SDV346129 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2011. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #97908 ] |
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| SDV346363 | Register of Parks and Gardens in England: English Heritage. 2004. Greenway, Devon. Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England. A4 Stapled + Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV8526 | Related to: Greenway House, Galmpton (Building) |
| MDV79292 | Related to: Park and Garden at Greenway House, Kingswear (Park/Garden) |
| MDV65776 | Related to: The Camellia Garden, Greenway, Galmpton (Park/Garden) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 27 2011 10:35AM |
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