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Ninety seconds on St. David's Head
Wear proper shoes for this walk: the ground is hilly and poison ivy lines some of the paths. The reward is the largest guns ever mounted in Bermuda, on a cliff top looking over St. George's and Castle Harbour.
From the battery, a long stair descends the cliff to the southern searchlight, and the view along the shoal line from the bottom is the reason to take it. Back on top, walk the rim behind the railing to see the sheer drop and the deep cavern below.
The battery is now a memorial to Bermudians who served in the wars, and the Figurehead Memorial beside it remembers those lost at sea. Longtails fly out over the water and back to nests in the cliffs.
For a longer walk, start in Little Head Park. The trail passes Fort Popple, cut into the cliff, and Red Hole, a deep inlet coloured by red algae, before climbing to the guns.
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