Hayne’s Cave Battery, located in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, is the remains of two gun positions that made up an artillery battery on the west side of the territory at Hayne’s Cave. The battery, which was first occupied during the Great Siege of Gibraltar (1779-1783), officially dates back to 1788 but has a plaque labelled '1903'. It takes its name from the nearby Hayne's Cave and Captain Haynes, the garrison quartermaster in 1787-1788 who began the construction of Queen's Road.
Visitors can see the remains of one of the two 4-inch QF gun positions which were installed in 1904 and are about 40 metres apart. In 1911 the guns were removed in favour of the superior 6 inch guns of Tovey Battery. The battery can be found on Queen's Road, where the path leads up the west side to the top of the rock passing by this battery, some military support buildings and Rooke Battery.
The cave itself was eventually taken over for water tanks and pumps.
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Written by Nik Frost
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