Fort Brady - Battery Abbot Part 4

Battery Abbot
Ok, this is our pic of Battery Abbot.  I've highlighted the curve of the river and the bulge of the hill sticking out.  The line on the bottom of the pic shows the ravine.  Click here for the big picture- I have really boosted the contrast on the big pic so you can see the cliffs that drop away to the river.  At Battery Abbot, they sloped the embrasures slightly, but there is still a sheer drop of at least 20 - 30 feet at the far right.!
This is shot from almost the exact same location.  You can see how the curve of the river lines up in the same place.  The hill looks a bit off to me though.  I've go the top pic printed and in my hand when I take the lower pic, and while it's hard to see clearly through the trees, something seems a bit off.  Clearly, it's the right spot.  But I thought I might even be able to see earthworks from here, but the trees kinda mess it up, so I start down into the ravine to have a look.

In the top picture, there is a ravine, then as far as the eye can see, a bluff with a 30 to 40 foot almost sheer drop to the water.

It's a steep climb down, but not a big deal.

I climb up the other side, getting excited as I near the top.  Battery Abbot, at last.  After a week of searching, I've found it.

I reach the top, and I'm ready to walk across the top of the bluff and up to the walls of Battery Abbot.

And I see this - Click here

 

Posted by Indiana Reb on: Tuesday 28th November 2006, 7:38 PM
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