Plan of Battery No. 5 known as Rouillée

Rouillé Battery, Prion plan, 1822
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Prion plan, 1822, modified extract

The battery is surrounded by an 89-metre-wide and 66-metre-long enclosure wall. The enclosed space was occupied by an artillery firing step, a small masonry powder magazine sunk against the left flank and service buildings including a store and accommodation for the guard and its kitchen.

© FR ANOM 23DFC0194C, modified with information from Olivier Fontaine, CAD Patrice Georges, Inrap and Manuelle Prié, archéologies

© FR ANOM 23DFC0194C, modified with information from Olivier Fontaine, CAD Patrice Georges, Inrap and Manuelle Prié, archéologies

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