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GDF_4152

            Westreme Battery
Triq Il-Marfa, Il-Mellieħa, Malta

Westreme Battery was built between 1715 and 1716 as part of the Order of Saint John’s first building program of coastal fortifications. The battery was probably financed and named after a knight of the same name. Westreme Battery is unique in its design. The battery still have the single blockhouse, placed diagonally along the land front so that its two outer faces functioned as a redan, similar to Comino Battery. 

Just before the Second World War, the blockhouse was converted into a beach post. Rectangular machine gun portholes were cut into the corners of the building. 
Another concrete beach post and a searchlight emplacement were also built near the blockhouse.

Today, the semi-circular gun platform and the parapet of the battery no longer exist, although some parts of the rock hewn base can still be seen.

Taken on: September 10, 2024

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