# Battery Point Battery

Lyttelton · Heritage NZ list 7553
https://www.chch.live/place/412
Locality record: [Lyttelton on the register](https://www.chch.live/history/lyttelton)
What else stood here: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.602677528216134&lon=172.73887865310041
On a walk: [The port’s own town](https://www.chch.live/walks/lyttelton-town)

## Documents tied to this place

*These are leads, not evidence, search results nobody has read yet.* The first 10 of 20 are listed.
- A Visit to the Lyttelton Batteries. (Star, 02 June 1885) (1885-06-02T00:00:00.000Z), https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18850602.2.30
  > …en ased to come did not arrive on the scene following round the sumner road past sticking point the first gun was found already mounted at what major cautley terms spur battery the position ib high up…
- LYTTELTON. (Star, 17 December 1880) (1880-12-17T00:00:00.000Z), https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18801217.2.13.2
  > …g about fxhe christchurch artillery arrived in the morning for shot and shell practice at battery point and they returned home in the afternoon…
- IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. (Daily Southern Cross, 01 February 1867) (1867-02-01T00:00:00.000Z), https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DSC18670201.2.46
  > …rie power is mounted with 17 guns and has a crew of 280 men all told a detachment of no 1 battery lva under the command of lieutenant bums mustered and proceeded with their sun to officer point where…
- THE VOLUNTEERS. (Star, 12 April 1900) (1900-04-12T00:00:00.000Z), https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19000412.2.8
  > …l be the 7in double shell the fragments of which are frequently found 1000 yards from the point where the shell bursts the advisability of giving it a particularly wide berth is obvious drifting targe…
- THE HOISTING OF THE BRITISH FLAG AT AKAROA. (Timaru Herald, 12 August 1890) (1890-08-12T00:00:00.000Z), https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18900812.2.17
  > …latory telegrams wore received including one from tha governor a procession went to green point whore ths union jack was hoi3ted on a site whore the flag was hoisted eo yoara bgo a picnic was held m t…
- THE MINISTER FOR DEFENCE. (Star, 04 June 1891) (1891-06-04T00:00:00.000Z), https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18910604.2.27
  > …on the north bhore where two 7-inch and two 64--pounders are erected and then to erskine point the recently-finished battery where another 7-inch muzzle-loader is erected the minister returned to chr…
- Defence of the Colony. (Star, 11 May 1885) (1885-05-11T00:00:00.000Z), https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18850511.2.31
  > …ts carriage is already in position the next to be put up will be the lower one at battery point all the woodwork in connection with this gun is laid down and the pivot is in position and part of the c…
- CHRISTCHURCH ITEMS. (Wanganui Chronicle, 12 August 1890) (1890-08-12T00:00:00.000Z), https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC18900812.2.15
  > …atory telegrams were received including one from the governor the procession was to greed point where the union jack was hoisted on the site where the flag was hoisted 50 years ago a picnic was held i…
- DEFENCE. (Grey River Argus, 02 May 1885) (1885-05-02T00:00:00.000Z), https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA18850502.2.7.6
  > …30 the defence works at lyttelton are approaching completion the practice gun at officers point will be nioijintecl tomorrow the 60 pounder at middle bluff will soon be mounted and weather permitting…
- JUBILEE DAY AT AKAROA. BY TELEGRAPH. (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. (Evening Post, 12 August 1890) (1890-08-12T00:00:00.000Z), https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18900812.2.11
  > …latory telegrams were received including one from the governor a procession went to green point where the union jack was hoisted on the site where the flag was hoisted 50 years ago a picnic was held i…

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Battery Point Battery?**

A place on the record in Lyttelton, Heritage New Zealand list no. 7553.

**Where is Battery Point Battery?**

Lyttelton, [on the map →](https://www.chch.live/map#-43.602677528216134,172.73887865310041,17)