It stands on high ground at the shoreward end of Delimara Point, above il-Ħofra-z-Zgħira.

It commands a field of fire northwards over St Thomas' Bay and Marsaskala.

Approximately 350 m (1,150 ft) south is Fort Tas-Silġ, a much larger polygonal style fortification.

The battery's guns were removed and it was abandoned around 1900 since it had lost its importance as a defensive position.

[3] In 2015, the battery was shortlisted as a possible site for the campus of the proposed American University of Malta.