🛡️ Bomb Proof Barracks and Battery

United Kingdom · Europe · 36.15°N, 5.35°W

Bomb Proof Battery was an artillery battery near Bomb Proof Barracks in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. The battery was located at the south end of the King's Lines on the north-west face of the Rock of Gibraltar. It comprised a casemated battery built on two levels, each of which had two embrasures built into the old Spanish defences constructed above the then Puerta de Villavieja some time in the 16th century. The battery was partly built over when the King's Lines Battery was constructed.

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Quick facts

Country	United Kingdom
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	36.15°N, 5.35°W · view on map

Bomb Proof Barracks and Battery is located in United Kingdom, in Europe.

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