Yarbridge Battery
Has been described as a Possible Artillery Fort
There are no visible remains
| Name | Yarbridge Battery |
| Alternative Names | |
| Historic Country | Hampshire and the Isle of Wight |
| Modern Authority | Isle of Wight |
| 1974 Authority | Isle of Wight |
| Civil Parish | Brading |
In the Cowdry engraving entitled "The Encampment of the English Forces near Portsmouth", a gun battery is visible at Yarbridge covering the causeway that gives access to the Bembridge peninsula. Armed men are shown with two guns behind two ramparts that are arranged to form a wide salient angle. Towards Sandown, at Morton, there is a timber peel or circular wooden stockade, again containing armed militia. There is no reason to doubt the truth of these two features as other fortifications have been included accurately in the engraving. Today there is a conspicuous flat topped ridge of hard Upper Greensand stone to the south of the The Mall where it descends to the crossroads traffic lights at Yarbridge. This can be explained as a natural feature, where the road has caused erosion on the north side to form a small gorge. However, it would also give a vantage point for a gun battery allowing a certain amount of elevation over the causeway. (Martin 2006)
Not scheduled
Not Listed
County Historic Environment Record
| OS Map Grid Reference | SZ604863 |
| Latitude | 50.6735801696777 |
| Longitude | -1.14559996128082 |
| Eastings | 460400 |
| Northings | 86300 |
