Rock Guns

As many of you would know, Gibraltar is famous for its monkeys and dolphins but another thing we do have a lot of is cannons. Gibraltar has always been an important fortress so there are plenty of cannons and gun in-placements dotted around the Rock. Some of them are on display at different sites like the 100 ton gun at Rosia Bay or the 9.2 inch gun at O’Hara’s Battery at the top of the Rock.

Cannons have always been found in Gibraltar in all sorts of places. Some of them have been taken back to the UK to be put on display but we in Gibraltar are leaving some of them to fall into a state of disrepair and abandonment. There are just too many for all of them to be in pristine condition and some have been recycled and used for other purposes like protection of street corners and as decorative items at different bars in Gibraltar.

My favourite gun batteries have got to be Breakneck which unfortunately is closed to the general public and O’Hara’s. These batteries are in the same area next to each other forming a defence for the south side of Gibraltar and the Strait.