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Yaverland Battery
Yaverland, Isle of Wight, England
Overgrown section of Yaverland Battery.JPG
Overgrown section of Yaverland Battery
Yaverland Battery is located in Isle of Wight
Yaverland Battery
Yaverland Battery
Coordinates 50°39′50″N 1°07′50″W / 50.66389°N 1.13056°W / 50.66389; -1.13056
Site information
Owner Private residence
Open to
the public
No
Condition Part extant
Site history
Built 1861-1864
In use 1864-1956
Materials Brick, Concrete, Earth

Yaverland Battery is a battery on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. It was constructed between 1861 and 1864.

It originally mounted eight 7-inch Armstrong Rifled Breech Loading (RBL) guns, and enclosed with a Carnot wall. A rear surrounding wall included a small barrack block for two officers and 57 men. By 1886 the original guns had been replaced by eight 64-Pounder Rifled Muzzle Loading guns. Between 1898 and 1900 the battery was re-modelled to mount three 6-inch Mk VII Breech Loading guns.

YaverlandBattery 6-inch gun
Territorial Artillery practise at Yaverland Battery with 6-inch guns, c1935

Between the First and Second World Wars the battery was used by Territorial Army artillery units for Coast Artillery gun practise. In 1956 on the dissolution of Coast Artillery all of the guns were removed and the site sold off. It was developed for use as a holiday camp.

The remains of the Battery are now a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

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