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Hutment Battery | |
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Part of Fortifications of Gibraltar | |
Gibraltar | |
Type | Artillery Battery |
Site information | |
Owner | Ministry of Defence |
Hutment Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.[1] The battery got its name from its proximity the military hutment area near Bleak House. In 1878, the battery mounted an RML 12.5-inch 38-ton gun. [2]