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The work was
originally designed with a semi-circular gun platform and two blockhouses at
the rear, however, it was eventually built with a semi-hexagonal front.
Consequently the landward defences incorporated a free-standing redan trace
with thick walls and numerous musketry loopholes, which were shielded by two
flanking traverses. The land front itself was protected by a shallow ditch. A
solid blockhouse with battered walls occupied the centre of the enclosure. In
1770, St. Anthony's Battery had an armament of three 8-pdr guns with 427 rounds
of round shot and 75 rounds of grapeshot; and eight 6-pdr guns with 127 rounds
of round shot and 45 rounds of grapeshot.
Although most of the
landward part of St.Antony's Battery was in a precarious state of neglect with
part of the wall and the entire blockhouse in complete ruins, Din l-Art Helwa
(a non-profit making organisation) are at present carrying out renovation and
reconstruction works on the Block house and the entrance.
