St David’s Battery
St. David's Battery is a disused fixed battery on St. David's Island, Bermuda maintained until 1953 by the Bermuda Garrison of the British Army. It was built and manned by the Royal Garrison Artillery and the Royal Engineers, and their part-time reserves, the Bermuda Militia Artillery and the Bermuda Volunteer Engineers.Photo: Aodhdubh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: battery in Bermuda
- Also known as: “St. David’s Battery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. David’s Lighthouse and Paget Island.
St. David’s Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Halibut Thyme, CC BY 2.5.
St. David's Lighthouse is an active 19th century lighthouse sited at the eastern end of St. David's Island on a hill overlooking the headland of St. David's in Bermuda. St. David’s Lighthouse is situated 560 metres southwest of St David’s Battery.
Paget Island
Islet
Paget Island is part of the chain which makes up Bermuda. It is located in St. George's Parish, in the northeast of the territory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint George and Tucker’s Town.
Saint George
Photo: David Broad, CC BY 3.0.
The Town of Saint George, habitually called by locals St. George's, in St. George's Parish is the second town and former capital of Bermuda.
Tucker’s Town
Hamlet
Tucker's Town is a small community in St. George's Parish, Bermuda at the mouth of Castle Harbour. It is the only part of the parish on the Main Island, and includes the Tucker's Town Peninsula that today is the site of many homes belonging to wealthy non-Bermudians. Tucker’s Town is situated 5 km southwest of St David’s Battery.
Hamilton Parish
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hamilton Parish is one of the nine parishes of Bermuda. It was renamed for Scottish aristocrat James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton when he purchased the shares originally held in the Virginia Company by Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford.
St David’s Battery
- Categories: artillery battery, tourism, historic site, and fort
- Location: St. George’s Parish, Bermuda, Caribbean, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.36825° or 32° 22′ 6″ northLongitude
-64.64854° or 64° 38′ 55″ westInception
1910Open location code
874Q9992+8HOpenStreetMap ID
way 181381778OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q7587704
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