Green's Lodge Battery | |
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Part of Fortifications of Gibraltar | |
Upper Rock Nature Reserve, Gibraltar | |
Coordinates | 36°08′43″N 5°20′38″W / 36.145293°N 5.343811°W |
Type | Artillery Battery |
Site information | |
Open to the public | Yes |
Condition | Poor |
Site history | |
Built | 1776 |
Battles/wars | Great Siege of Gibraltar |
Green's Lodge Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It is located on the North Face of the Rock of Gibraltar at the northern end of the Upper Rock Nature Reserve, above Farringdon's Battery. Also known as the Superior Battery, it was named after General Sir William Green, who served in Gibraltar for twenty-two years, most of them as the chief engineer of Gibraltar. In 1776, guns were first mounted on the battery, which also saw action during the Great Siege of Gibraltar. The emplacement also underwent reconstruction in the early and mid twentieth century. Green's Lodge Battery is listed with the Gibraltar Heritage Trust.