The Harington Point gun emplacements are old coastal fortifications at 1016 Harington Point Road in Portobello, on the Otago Peninsula near Dunedin. The site is a set of concrete gun pits and underground rooms built in the 1890s, when the country feared an attack by sea. A visitor walks from the road down a gorse path to a concrete arch, then into a passage with stark rooms used for ammunition, shelter and housing for soldiers. The emplacements had two 7-inch muzzle loaders.
The road up to the site runs through Portobello, and there is a gravel parking spot just before the summit. The spot is also good for looking over the harbour. Visitors should expect graffiti, and one underground room is flooded. Our pick in Portobello for a short walk to old harbour defences with a view.