List of fortifications in Gibraltar
This is a list of fortifications of Gibraltar.
Barracks
[edit]- Bombproof Barracks
- Buena Vista Barracks
- Defensible Barracks
- Grand Casemates
- Lathbury Barracks
- Retrenched Barracks
- South Barracks
Bastions
[edit]- Flat Bastion (St Jago's Bastion) [Baluarte de Santiago]
- Hesse's Demi Bastion (Baluarte de San Pedro)
- Jumper's Bastion (North) [Santa Cruz]
- Jumper's Bastion (South)
- King's Bastion, 1773 (Plataforma de San Lorenzo)
- Montagu Bastion (Plataforma de San Andrés)
- North Bastion (Baluarte de San Pablo)
- Orange Bastion, 1877 (Plataforma de Santa Ana)
- South Bastion, 1540 (Baluarte de Nuestra Señora del Rosario)
- Wellington Front North Demi Bastion (Plataforma de San Diego)
- Wellington Front South Demi Bastion (Plataforma de San Francisco)
Batteries
[edit]| Image | Bastion | Description | Coordinates | Spanish | Built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandra Battery | Alexandra Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. | ||||
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Breakneck Battery | Breakneck Battery is an artillery battery located on Ministry of Defence property at the Upper Rock Nature Reserve, north of Lord Airey's Battery. It is one of a dozen batteries in Gibraltar that had 9.2-inch guns installed around the turn of the 20th century. | 36°07′42″N 5°20′39″W / 36.128373°N 5.34425°W | ||
| Bomb Proof Battery | Bomb Proof Battery was an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. | ||||
| Buena Vista Battery | Buena Vista Battery are two preserved artillery batteries in Gibraltar. | ||||
| Buffadero Battery | Buffadero Battery was an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. | ||||
| Calpe Battery | Calpe Battery was an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. | ||||
| Castle Batteries | Castle Batteries are a group of six abandoned artillery batteries in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. | ||||
| Caves Battery | The Caves Battery was on the east side of Gibraltar during WWII. | ||||
| Catalan Batteries | The Catalan Batteries are a pair of artillery batteries in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar below Breakneck Battery. | ||||
| Civil Hospital Battery | Civil Hospital Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. | ||||
| Couvreport Battery | Couvreport Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. | ||||
| Crutchett's Batteries | Crutchett's Batteries is a group of artillery batteries in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. | ||||
| Cumberland Flank Battery | Cumberland Flank Battery was an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. | ||||
| Detached Mole Battery | Detached Mole Battery was an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. | ||||
| Devil's Bowling Green Battery | Devil's Bowling Green Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. | ||||
| Devil's Gap Battery | Devil's Gap Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. | es:Punta del Diablo | |||
| Devil's Tongue Battery | Devil's Tongue Battery was an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. | ||||
| Edward VII Battery | Edward VII Battery was an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. | ||||
| Eight Gun Battery | Eight Gun Battery was a Spanish artillery battery on Gibraltar. | ||||
| Eliott's Battery | Eliott's Battery was an artillery battery on Gibraltar. | ||||
| Eliott's Practice Battery | Eliott's Practice Battery was an artillery battery on Gibraltar. |
- Engineer Battery
- Europa Advance Batteries
- Europa Batteries
- Europa Pass Batteries
- Farringdon's Battery
- Forbes' Batteries
- Gardiner's Battery
- Genista Battery
- Genoese Batteries
- Governor's Lookout Battery[1]
- Grand Battery (Muralla de San Bernardo)
- Green's Lodge Battery
- Half Way Battery
- Hanover Battery
- Harding's Battery
- Hayne's Cave Battery
- Hutment Battery
- Jews' Cemetery Battery
- Jones' Battery
- King's Lines Battery
- Lady Augusta's Battery
- Lady Louisa's Battery
- Levant Battery
- Lewis' Battery
- Lighthouse Battery
- Little Bay Battery
- Lord Airey's Battery
- Martin's Battery (or Mediterranean Battery)
- Middle Hill Battery
- Mount Misery Battery
- Napier of Magdala Battery
- New Mole Battery
- North Mole Elbow Battery
- Oil Tanks Battery
- O'Hara's Battery
- Orillon Battery
- Parson's Lodge Battery
- Prince Ferdinand's Battery
- Prince George's Battery
- Prince of Wales Batteries
- Prince William's Battery
- Princess Amelia's Battery
- Princess Anne's Battery (Willis's Battery) [San Joaquin, San Jose]
- Princess Caroline's Battery
- Princess Charlotte's Battery
- Princess Royal's Battery (Queen Anne's/Queen's Battery)
- Queen's Battery
- Queen Charlotte's Battery
- Raglan's Battery
- Reclamation Battery
- Rock Gun Battery
- Rooke Battery
- Rosia Batteries
- Saluting Battery
- Scud Hill Battery
- Signal Hill Battery
- Sir Herbert Miles Promenade (Columbine Battery)
- South Batteries
- Spur Battery
- Spyglass Battery
- St. George's Battery
- Tovey Battery
- Tower Battery
- Upper Battery
- Victoria Battery
- Waterport Battery
- West Battery
- White Rock Battery
- Willis' Battery
- Windmill Hill Batteries
- Woodford's Battery
- Zoca Flank Battery, 1879
Castles
[edit]Curtain walls
[edit]Ditches
[edit]Gates
[edit]- Algeciras Gate
- Barcina Gate
- Granada Gate
- Grand Casemates Gates (Water Gate) Puerta de la Mar
- Landport (Puerta de Tierra/España)
- Prince Edward's Gate (Puerta de África)
- Queen's Gate
- Ragged Staff Gates
- Southport Gates, 1552 (Puerta de Carlos V)
Magazines
[edit]- Eliott's Magazine
- Europa Sunken Magazine
- Flat Bastion Magazine
- Grand Magazine
- Willis' Magazine
- Ragged Staff Magazine
Moles
[edit]- Detached Mole
- North Mole
- South Mole
- Rosia Mole
Tunnels
[edit]- Admiralty Tunnel
- Great North Road
- Great Siege Tunnels (Upper Galleries)
- Landport Tunnel
- William's Way
- Windsor Gallery
Watchtowers
[edit]- Devil's Tower
- Giralda Tower
- O'Hara's Tower (O'Hara's Folly, where O'Hara's Battery now stands)
- Stanley's Clock Tower
- Tower of Homage
- Tuerto Tower
- Remains of a medieval tower (Remnant visible in an underground garage in Line Wall Road)
Other
[edit]- Caledonian Canal
- Chatham Counterguard, 1823
- Flêche
- Forbes' Barrier
- Glacis
- Healy's Mortar
- Inundation
- King's Lines
- Montagu Counterguard
- Old Mole
- Ragged Staff Flank
- New Mole (South Mole)
- Prince Albert's Front, 1842
- Prince's Lines
- Queen's Lines
- Salto del Lobo (Peregil)
- West Place of Arms
References
[edit]- ^ p252 Strong as the Rock of Gibraltar. By Q Hughes & A Migos
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