The battery was originally built as a small pentagonal redoubt with emplacements for five guns.

In 1901 the battery was reconstructed for two 6-inch Mark VII breech loading guns with the work being completed in 1903.

[1] During the First World War the battery was manned by the Devonshire Royal Garrison Artillery.

[2] After the Second World War the battery remained armed until the dissolution of coast artillery in the United Kingdom in 1956 when it was disarmed.

[3] It was released by the military and subsequently used as a children's activity centre for some years.