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Unnamed Battery

Coordinates: 32°48′7″N 80°3′14″W / 32.80194°N 80.05389°W / 32.80194; -80.05389
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Unnamed Battery
Unnamed Battery is located in South Carolina
Unnamed Battery
Unnamed Battery is located in the United States
Unnamed Battery
LocationShaftsbury Townhouses, St. Andrew’s Parish, West Ashley, Charleston, South Carolina
Coordinates32°48′7″N 80°3′14″W / 32.80194°N 80.05389°W / 32.80194; -80.05389
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1862 (1862)
MPSCivil War Defenses of Charleston TR
NRHP reference No.82003846[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 11, 1982

Unnamed Battery is an historic artillery battery located at West Ashley, Charleston, South Carolina. It was built in 1862, to protect the exterior western lines running from the Stono River on the south to the Ashley River at Bee's Ferry. It has emplacements for two guns. It measures approximately 160 feet by 160 feet with a 10-foot parapet and a 15-foot powder magazine.[2][3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ unknown (n.d.). "Unnamed Battery" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  3. ^ "Unnamed Battery, Charleston County (St. Andrew's Parish)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-08-01.