List of fortifications in Gibraltar
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This is a list of fortifications of Gibraltar.
Barracks
Bombproof Barracks
Buena Vista Barracks
Defensible Barracks
Grand Casemates
Lathbury Barracks
Retrenched Barracks
South Barracks
Bastions
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
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
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
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