HARP SUPERGUN

2 months ago

Followed google maps to the location. Stopped at Army Base entrance and soldier let us through barrier to turn left onto track leading to the guns. Car with good ground clearance recommended. You can slowly drive right up next to the guns. Vegetation is a bit overgrown but you can walk round most of them.

a year ago

Interesting cannons. 3 of them. One is the long supergun, then a artillery cannon, and a turret mounted armored cannon. The area is overgrown with long grass, with extremely basic roads/path. Access is front either side along the coast. On west side is military base but the accept visitors (except when I went they said there was ammunition delivery and I could not visit) or on east side there is a basic farmers path, for hiking or biking to guns. Both sides you are on the farmers path to get there, so consider this a remote area. Tall grass around the cannons but you can still walk up to them no issue, there is also a sign at the cannons that says live fire area when red flag is up. There was no flag, and I doubt they live fire near these old historic cannons. Worth it if you like cannons, you can enter the turret and sit in gunners seat

12 months ago

A really interesting piece of history; the Wikipedia page breaks it down very well. You do not need to ask the guard for permission to enter unless accessing from the Paragon Military Base via car. It is located on a coastal path that can be accessed by foot from Horizon Drive / Reef Close in Greenpoint. Note that it is a 2km walk along the coast from here.

a year ago

READ TO THE END FOR IMPORTANT INFORMATION The HARP Supergun is a huge part of Barbados’ history that is very rarely visited or talked about and has sadly been left to decay in nature. It was brought to Barbados in 1962 and was used to collect upper atmospheric data for research. You can read more about it on the harp project Wikipedia page. It’s a super cool place to visit if you are into that sort of thing. It’s also located below the end of the airport runway so you might see some cool close-ups of planes taking off. PLEASE NOTE - The harp gun is actually located in The Paragon Military Base. If you would like to visit the harp gun you can arrive at the front gates of the military base and the guard will kindly let you through once you explain that you are going to visit the harp gun. Although there are some slightly overgrown back roads to get to the harp gun, I strongly recommend for safety and legal reasons you speak with the guard at Paragon before trying to get there yourself.

2 years ago

This is a really cool yet unpopular landmark! It’s a weird drive to get to, but if you follow the drive path next to the airport fence line, you’ll get there no probs! Might have to pass a few cows along the way 🤭 It’s free, but be sure to look out for a gun flag. Seems like there’s some target practice down there. Google Harp Gun Barbados. Wiki has the detailed info!