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Signal Hill Battery

Signal Hill Battery or Signal Battery was an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of . The battery was mounted high on the rock. Little remains today as the top station was built on the site of the old battery.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Fort
  • Description: artillery battery in Gibraltar
  • Also known as: “Signal Hill Battery, Gibraltar”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ibex Cave and The Rock.

Cave
Photo: AquilaGib, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a limestone cave on the which has yielded stone artifacts of Mousterian tradition. It was discovered in 1975. It is so named as an ibex skull was found within the cave which would have been hunted by the Neanderthals of Gibraltar thousands of years ago.

Peak
Photo: Gibnews, Public domain.
of Gibraltar is a monolithic limestone mountain 426 m high dominating the western entrance to the Mediterranean Sea. It is situated near the end of a narrow 9 kilometres -long promontory stretching due south into the Mediterranean Sea and is located within the British territory of .

Cave
Photo: Rockysantos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
This is a list of all discovered in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Side and Coaling Island.

Hamlet
Photo: Malcolm Tredinnick, CC BY 2.0.
Catalan Bay is a bay and fishing in , on the eastern side of away from Westside.

Locality
Photo: Mrjohncummings, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an area of reclaimed land in the British Overseas Territory of . It is located at the centre of the western end of Gibraltar Harbour as one of its industrial zones.

Neighborhood
Photo: James Cridland, CC BY 2.0.
The is the name given to a medieval fortification in comprising various buildings, gates, and fortified walls, with the dominant features being the Tower of Homage and the Gate House.

Signal Hill Battery

Latitude
36.13438° or 36° 8′ 4″ north
Longitude
-5.34573° or 5° 20′ 45″ west
Open location code
8C8P4MM3+QP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8807394676
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Wiki­data ID
Q15277747
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Highlights include North Terrace and West Terrace.

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