Wilkinson's Battery

Wilkinson's Battery is a mid to late 16th century blockhouse that underwent later alterations for use as a battery in the 18th century and was partially demolished and rebuilt around 1888.

The former blockhouse is made of limestone rubble, featuring granite quoins and later granite copings, and has a polygonal shape. At the base of the battery, above the tideline, there are four blocked archways with shillet voussoirs; one each on the south-east and south-west sides, and two on the south side. These archways may have served as cannon embrasures. Additionally, there is a blocked doorway with voussoirs on the west side. Above the archways on the south elevation, there is a horizontal embrasure, which may be part of alterations made during the Second World War.