Redan is a feature of fortifications. It is a work in a V-shaped salient angle towards an expected attack. It can be made from earthworks or other material.
Saint Anthony's Battery in Qala, Malta, with a redan containing the entrance
"Cascalho" Redan in the city walls of Elvas, Portugal
Mistra Battery, formerly also known as Despirasse Battery, is an artillery battery in Mistra Bay, Mellieħa, Malta. It was built by the Order of Saint John in the 18th century as one of a series of coastal fortifications around the coasts of the Maltese Islands.
Mistra Battery's redan and blockhouses
Coats of arms of the Order, Pinto and the Bailli de Montagnac above the main entrance
Mistra Battery's gun platform, with the rebuilt embrasures in the background