What is recorded here
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).
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.
From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20911803
This does not grant access. Most recorded buildings are privately owned; view them only from public ground unless the owner allows entry.
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