It supported a battery on the headland above as a magazine and shelter for the members of the Jersey militia that served the battery.
Around 1730, it was divided into five regiments, based on the Parishes of the island, the 4th Regiment (that of the parishes of Saint Lawrence and Saint Helier) consisting of two battalions.
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