Shannonbridge Battery
Fortification in Roscommon, Ireland, dating from 1810–1820
Tete-de-pont with glacis, redoubts and caponniere, constructed in 1810, with barracks added in 1814. Completed in 1817. Random coursed stone ramparts with cut stone quoins, built to a triangular plan with corner bastions. Segmental-headed gun loop openings to redoubts. Detached twelve-bay three-storey former military barracks with random coursed cut stone walls. Replacement timber sash windows, doors and overlights. Gunloops to rear. Single-storey stone outbuildings to north. Detached three-bay single-storey former officers mess, now used as a private house. Fortification built along axis of bridge to east and is partially bisected by road.
- Type:
- Fortification
- Period:
- 1810–1820
- Where:
- Roscommon, Ireland
- Coordinates:
- 53.28°N, 8.05°W
More places nearby
- Shannon Bridge (0.1 km)
- Saint Brendan's Cathedral (4.3 km)
- Unknown 'Shannon Ferry' (8.9 km)
- Eyrecourt Castle (9.7 km)
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