The Żejtun Batteries (Maltese: Batteriji taż-Żejtun) were a series of artillery batteries in Żejtun, Malta, built by Maltese insurgents during the French blockade of 1798–1800.
They were part of a chain of batteries, redoubts and entrenchments encircling the French positions in Marsamxett and the Grand Harbour.
[1] At least six small batteries were built: The architect Michele Cachia had a leading role in the construction of the batteries.
The Żejtun Batteries, like the other French blockade fortifications, were probably demolished soon after the end of the blockade.
[2] However, a cannon used in one of the batteries still survives and is now found on the side of the Parish Church of the city, next to the Olive Tree Millennium Monument.