Survey Data
Reg No
20911803
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social, Technical
Original Use
Battery
Date
1800 - 1805
Coordinates
94928, 48759
Date Recorded
29/04/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding circular-plan battery, built 1804. Now in ruins. Redoubt comprises circular-plan rubble stone lined ditch with coping stones. No access to interior due to unsafe drawbridge (east).
Appraisal
As a consequence of the 1796 attempted French invasion, the British Government built three batteries on Whiddy Island. Despite being abandoned in 1807, the impressive West battery demonstrates a high level of craftsmanship and dominates a vast area of land with commanding views to all sides. Taken in context with both the east and west batteries, they provide a vivid visual reminder of the strategic important of this remote area in the past.