Hutment Battery
Appearance
Hutment Battery | |
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Part of Fortifications of Gibraltar | |
Gibraltar | |
Type | Artillery Battery |
Site information | |
Owner | Ministry of Defence |
Hutment Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.[1] The battery got its name from its proximity the military hutment area near Bleak House. In 1878, the battery mounted an RML 12.5-inch 38-ton gun. [2]
References
[edit]- ^ Fa & Finlayson (2006). The Fortifications of Gibraltar 1068-1945. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84603-016-1. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ^ Hutment Battery, Pink Routes, 23 December 2020, retrieved 5 January 2024
Publications
[edit]- Hughes, Quentin & Migos, Athanassios, 1995. Strong as the Rock of Gibraltar, Exchange Publications, Gibraltar