Battery Wilkes

Battery Wilkes
Location St. Andrew's Parish, West Ashley, South Carolina
Coordinates 32°47′38″N 80°3′56″W / 32.79389°N 80.06556°W / 32.79389; -80.06556Coordinates: 32°47′38″N 80°3′56″W / 32.79389°N 80.06556°W / 32.79389; -80.06556
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1862 (1862)
MPS Civil War Defenses of Charleston TR
NRHP Reference # 82001516[1]
Added to NRHP October 21, 1982

Battery Wilkes is a historic artillery battery located at West Ashley, Charleston, South Carolina. It was built in 1862, as a part of the western exterior defense line. It is a small earthen redoubt has a 10 foot high parapet wall and a 15 feet high powder magazine.[2][3]

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

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. unknown (n.d.). "Battery Wilkes" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved June 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  3. "Battery Wilkes, Charleston County (St. Andrew's Parish)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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