Xwejni Redoubt | |
Native Name: | Ridott tax-Xwejni |
Location: | Żebbuġ, Gozo, Malta |
Type: | Redoubt |
Built: | 1715–1716 |
Builder: | Order of Saint John |
Materials: | Limestone |
Fate: | Demolished |
Xwejni Redoubt (Maltese: Ridott tax-Xwejni) was a redoubt in Xwejni Bay, limits of Żebbuġ, Gozo, Malta. It was built by the Order of Saint John between 1715 and 1716 as one of a series of coastal fortifications around the coasts of the Maltese Islands.
The redoubt formed part of a chain of fortifications built to defend Marsalforn and nearby bays from Ottoman or Barbary attacks. Although the area was fortified by a number of towers, batteries, redoubts and entrenchments, all of these have been destroyed except for Qolla l-Bajda Battery between Qbajjar and Xwejni Bays.[1]
Xwejni Redoubt was unusual in the sense that it had a semicircular or rectangular platform, while most redoubts were pentagonal.[2]
No remains of the redoubt have survived.[3]