Governor and Deputy Chief Minister visit latest find at Northern Defences

Wednesday, February 24, 2021 - 11:37

His Excellency the Governor Vice Admiral Sir David Steel was shown around the Northern Defences for the first time yesterday. He was received by the Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia and the Project Director Carl Viagas. 


This impressive array of fortifications protected Gibraltar for centuries against a land attack from the north. Hundreds of tonnes of rubble and rubbish has been removed already to expose new defensive features which had been hidden or buried for decades. It will be recalled that a new defensive wall, Hanover Line (or El Muro de San Jose) was unearthed and that this dates back to 1627. A more recent find was the base of the Round Tower, which was the only part of the defensive network that fell to the enemy in 1705 and was subsequently retaken.

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