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Publication Account
Date 1951
Event ID 1097488
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1097488
THE HALF-MOON BATTERY.
The Half-Moon Battery, constructed in 1574, mounts nine guns. Its breast wall, with a maximum height of 80 ft. on the S. side, is built of rubble in four tiers which recede as they rise. The parapet and gun-loops were last rebuilt in the 18th century.
RCAHMS 1951
