The Kurnol Mortar at End of Avenue to E of Royal Military Academy Main Building is a Grade II listed building in the Bracknell Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1972. Military artifact.

The Kurnol Mortar at End of Avenue to E of Royal Military Academy Main Building

WRENN ID
strange-keep-jackdaw
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bracknell Forest
Constituency
Bracknell MP: Peter Swallow (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 December 1972
Type
Military artifact
Address
The Kurnol Mortar at End of Avenue to E of Royal Military Academy Main Building, London Road, Sandhurst
OS grid reference
SU 861 609
Coordinates
51.34101, -0.76497
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Kurnol Mortar is a 19th-century mortar gun located at the end of the avenue to the east of the main building of the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst. This large antique oriental bronze field piece was excavated in Kurnol, India, in 1839. It was previously situated in the Front Parade at Woolwich Arsenal before being moved to Sandhurst in 1946.

Local climate

The Kurnol Mortar at End of Avenue to E of Royal Military Academy Main Building receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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