Main Gate Redoubt

A two-gun battery defended the main gate. Although this is generally shown as a platform, the Navarro map disagrees showing instead an entrenchment or barrier called an Espaldon. Labastida does not show this battery in his plan, whereas the so called Jameson's plat does show it noting temporary redoubts of stakes on end and rocks and dirt between. Both Jameson and Navarro are probably right about this since the Alamo defenses were in a constant state of repair and reconstruction.