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The original fort was built 1666-67, at the start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War. It was rebuilt and enlarged during the War of American Independence (1776-83), when Britain was opposed by the naval forces of Spain, France and the states of northern Europe and given the name Fort Charlotte, after the wife of George III.

It is scheduled monument as it “is of national importance as an almost completely preserved example of a late or 18th-century coastal battery and associated barrack “ (Historic Scotland SM90145 Link ) and a Category A listed building (Historic Scotland LB37255 Link ).