Field Visit
Date August 1987
Event ID 1156648
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1156648
Hackness Battery ND 3373 9149 ND39SW 9
This, along with ND39SW 10 and ND39SW 8, was built in 1813-15 to guard the convoy anchorage at Longhope against American privateers, and was remodelled in response to the 'Fenian Navy' scare of 1866. Originally mounting eight 24-pounder guns en barbette, in its modified form it had four 68-pounders firing through embrasures; after 1866 the walled precinct also contained a cook house, officers' quarters and a guardroom, in addition to the original magazine and barrack-block. Apart from the removal of the guns and the dismantling of the magazine roof, these buildings remain unaltered; the present owner, who lives in the officers' quarters, has managed to preserve this outstanding mid-Victorian battery in remarkably fine condition.
RCAHMS 1989, visited August 1987.
(Fereday 1971; Ritchie 1985, 22-3; OR 2050).
