Eighteenth-century artillery battery and Class A listed fortification in Gibraltar.
Couvreport Battery is an artillery battery in Gibraltar, part of the Fortifications of Gibraltar and owned by the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence. Established in 1761 within the re-formed Couvre Port Work covering Landport, it is a Class A listed building under Gibraltar’s Heritage Trust Act of 1989.
Couvreport Battery is an artillery battery within the Fortifications of Gibraltar, in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It is owned by the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence. The battery was established in 1761 when the Couvre Port Work, which covered Landport, was re-formed and a battery for three guns was created. The work was commissioned by Major William Green and was based on the “first system” devised by Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban in the 1680s. The battery was shaped like a ravelin, as it was intended to divide any invading army. According to Fa and Finlayson, it formed “a small defensive work set immediately in front of a gate so as to screen it.” Couvreport Battery is designated as a Class A listed building under the Government of Gibraltar’s Gibraltar Heritage Trust Act of 1989, which provides it with legal protection as part of Gibraltar’s historic fortifications. The site is categorized among artillery battery fortifications in Gibraltar and as a 1761 establishment in Europe, reflecting its eighteenth-century origin within the British Empire.
