Spur Battery, Artillery battery in Upper Rock Nature Reserve, Gibraltar.
Spur Battery is an artillery installation in the Upper Rock Nature Reserve located at about 334 meters elevation. It contains underground facilities including a workshop, shell storage, and ammunition storage areas.
The installation was built in 1902 and equipped with a 9.2-inch Mark X gun. It saw action against German submarines during World War I in 1915.
The battery shows how Gibraltar developed its military defenses over time, with its gun moved to the Imperial War Museum in Duxford in 1981.
Access is via an extremely narrow asphalt road that allows only one vehicle through at a time in certain sections. Visitors should prepare for tight pathways and sloped terrain.
The Royal Gibraltar Regiment fired 29 rounds from this site in the 1970s before the gun was permanently removed. This was one of the final military operations before the location was decommissioned.
GPS coordinates: 36.12274,-5.34389
Latest update: December 13, 2025 11:44
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