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Ninety seconds on Alexandra Battery
There is nothing to buy and no toilet below the guns, so bring food and water and give it an hour. Leave the sea glass on the beach: taking it is against the law.
Barry Road brings you out above the bay, with the battery on the rise. Look first at the gun at its southern end, the one survivor of nine rifled muzzle-loaders that stood here behind iron shields. From the top, the view runs along the north shore and the ship channel the guns covered.
Then go down to Building Bay, where the water is clear and usually calm. The glass is thickest in a small cave to the right, over a few rocks. It is mostly brown and amber, green and white, with a little blue, almost no red, and some pottery shards.
There is no museum here and nothing to pay. Gates Fort is a few minutes back along the road.
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