Nutter's Battery is a scenic overlook in the

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, overlooking the Harlem Meer to the north. The battery was built during the

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as a small part of an extensive system of fortification intended to defend against a British invasion from the north. After the war, the wall fell into ruin and eventually disappeared. The Parks Department built a low wall in 1945 to mark the spot, and the

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rebuilt the wall in 2014, adding paths and planting. The battery was named after Valentine Nutter, who owned the surrounding property. According to maps and illustrations of the time, the Battery was a redoubt connected to

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, by earthworks along the Old Post Road. At the line of 107th Street and Sixth Avenue (Lenox Avenue), the earthworks led to a gatehouse in the road at McGowan's Pass. From there the earthworks continued up a rocky hill to

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.Brief description
from official Central Park site.

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