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.

This does not grant access. Most recorded buildings are privately owned; view them only from public ground unless the owner allows entry.