Kilcredaun Battery

Name: Kilcredaun Battery
Address: IE

Battery in Clare, Ireland, dating from 1810–1815

Freestanding rectangular-plan seven-bay single-storey over basement former Napoleonic defence tower, dated 1814. Possibly in use as hall, c. 1940-50. Now disused. Dressed limestone walls with base batter, cut-stone parapet and quoins. Square-headed openings with cut-stone lintels. Segmental blind arch with voussoirs and dated keystone over door opening, to accommodate drawbridge. Rubble stone lined moat.

Type:: Battery
Period:: 1810–1815
Where:: Clare, Ireland
Coordinates:: 52.58°N, 9.70°W

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