Half Way Battery | |
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Part of Fortifications of Gibraltar | |
Gibraltar | |
Type | Artillery Battery |
Site information | |
Owner | Ministry of Defence |
Site history | |
Built by | British |
Half Way Battery was an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.[1] The battery was on the coast on the eastern side of the isthmus just north of Europa Point Lighthouse. In 1859 there were two guns.[2]
References[]
- ↑ Fa & Finlayson (2006). The Fortifications of Gibraltar 1068-1945. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84603-016-1. http://books.google.com/books?id=BC5QBR0oB04C&pg=PA31. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ↑ "1859 Map of the Fortifications of Gibraltar". UK National Archives MPH 1/23. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/1859_Gibraltar_fortifications_map.jpg. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
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