Arbroath
Battery (18th Century)
Site Name Arbroath
Classification Battery (18th Century)
Canmore ID 35638
Site Number NO64SW 74
NGR NO 643 405
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/35638
- Council Angus
- Parish Arbroath And St Vigeans
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO64SW 74 643 405.
A battery was erected at the foot of Marketgate following the visit of a French privateer in 1783, but was dismantled after the peace of 1814.
New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845; SBS Arbroath 1982
