Historic artillery battery at southern end of Gibraltar’s Line Wall Curtain.
Engineer Battery was an artillery battery in Gibraltar, part of the Fortifications of Gibraltar. It stood at the southern end of the Line Wall Curtain, the fortification wall along the town’s western coast, protecting it from bombardment by ships in the Bay of Gibraltar.
Engineer Battery was an artillery battery within the Fortifications of Gibraltar, in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It stood at the southern end of the Line Wall Curtain, a major section of Gibraltar’s western defences. The Line Wall Curtain, in its present form, was built by the British in the eighteenth century and runs roughly north–south along the western side of the town. This wall served as the fortification line protecting the town from bombardment by ships in the Bay of Gibraltar. Engineer Battery occupied the end of this defensive wall on the town’s western coast. Its position allowed it to guard approaches by sea, particularly near Rosia Bay. In 1859 there was a single gun at Engineer Battery guarding the northern edge of Rosia Bay, together with two nearby magazines. By 1897, the armament had increased and the battery mounted three 12 pounder QF guns. The battery was owned by the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence and formed part of Gibraltar’s wider network of artillery positions that together made up the fortifications defending the territory and its harbour. Engineer Battery is classified among the artillery battery fortifications in Gibraltar.
