Browndown Battery

Browndown Battery, built around 1888 or 1889, is a structure made of brick and concrete designed to accommodate two large guns and a control point on the west side. The concrete front of the gun emplacements slopes upwards to the edge of the V-shaped gun pit. Beneath the rear of each platform, there is ground floor accommodation, with a central ammunition store that has a more heavily protected roof. Although the battery is incomplete and in a state of dereliction, many detailed features remain, including steps, cupboards, channels, metal fixtures, and railings, which indicate the scale and type of armament that was once present. The south face, facing the fleet anchorage, is protected by a sloping earthwork, while the north inner side features a yard bordered by a high brick wall on its northern boundary.