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‘… an old pentagonal fort built of stone’: Excavation of the battery wall at Fort Charlotte, Lerwick, Shetland

Abstract In advance of a programme of conservation and restoration at Fort Charlotte, Lerwick, Shetland, all the gun positions (platforms and embrasures) along the seaward battery wall were accurately surveyed and archaeologically excavated. The work took place over three seasons, in 1993, 1994 and 1996. This paper reviews the documented history of the fort together with the archaeological evidence, in order to produce a structural history for the development of the battery and its armament.