Survey Data
Reg No
15001072
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Archaeological, Historical
Original Use
Battery
Date
1784 - 1810
Coordinates
202870, 241543
Date Recorded
08/09/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Remains of extensive series of ramparts and batteries built by the British Army, c.1800. Now largely built over by a local authority housing estate, built c.1965. Ramparts constructed of earth and stone. No trace of any buildings remain. Located to the west of the town on elevated site.
Appraisal
This overgrown site originally formed part of an extensive complex of batteries built by the British Army to defend against possible French invasion during the Napoleonic Wars, illustrating the strategic importance of Athlone in national defence.