Prince Ferdinand's Battery

Prince Ferdinand's Battery
Part of Fortifications of Gibraltar
Gibraltar
Prince Ferdinand's Battery
Prince Ferdinand's Battery
Coordinates	36°07′56″N 5°20′56″W / 36.132243°N 5.348879°W / 36.132243; -5.348879
Type	Artillery Battery
Site information
Owner	Government of Gibraltar

Prince Ferdinand's Battery was an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. Today the area is known as the Apes' Den and is the main location for tourists to see Barbary macaques in Gibraltar.^[1]

Description

The battery which is now much better known as Apes' Den is located at the base of the upper section of Charles V Wall within the Upper Rock Nature Reserve where it is breached by Queen's Gate.^[1]

References

1 2 Fa & Finlayson (2006). The Fortifications of Gibraltar 1068-1945. Osprey Publishing. p. 57. ISBN 978-1-84603-016-1. Retrieved 1 April 2013.

Fortifications of Gibraltar

Barracks	Bombproof Barracks Buena Vista Barracks Defensible Barracks Grand Casemates Lathbury Barracks Retrenched Barracks South Barracks

Bastions	Flat Bastion Hesse's Demi Bastion Jumper's Bastion King's Bastion Montagu Bastion North Bastion Orange Bastion South Bastion Wellington Front Demi Bastions

Batteries	Alexandra Battery Breakneck Battery Bomb Proof Battery Buenavista Battery Buffadero Battery Calpe Battery Castle Batteries Catalan Batteries Civil Hospital Battery Couvreport Battery Crutchett's Batteries Cumberland Flank Battery Detached Mole Battery Devil's Bowling Green Battery Devil's Gap Battery Devil's Tongue Battery Edward VII Battery Eliott's Battery Eliott's Practice Battery Engineer Battery Europa Advance Batteries Europa Batteries Europa Pass Batteries Farringdon's Battery Forbes' Battery Gardiner's Battery Genista Battery Genoese Batteries Governor's Lookout Battery Grand Battery Green's Lodge Battery Half Way Battery Hanover Battery Harding's Battery Hayne's Cave Battery Hutment Battery Jews' Cemetery Battery Jones' Battery King's Lines Battery Lady Augusta's Battery Lady Louisa's Battery Levant Battery Lewis' Battery Lighthouse Battery Little Bay Battery Lord Airey's Battery Martin's Battery Middle Hill Battery Mount Misery Battery Napier of Magdala Battery New Mole Battery North Mole Elbow Battery O'Hara's Battery Orillon Batteries Parson's Lodge Battery Prince Ferdinand's Battery Prince George's Battery Prince Henry's Battery Prince of Wales Battery Prince William's Battery Princess Amelia's Battery Princess Anne's Battery Princess Caroline's Battery Princess Royal's Battery Queen's Battery Queen Charlotte's Battery Raglan's Battery Rock Gun Battery Rooke Battery Rosia Batteries Saluting Battery Scud Hill Battery Signal Hill Battery Sir Herbert Miles Promenade South Batteries Spur Battery Spyglass Battery St. George's Battery Tovey Battery Tower Battery Upper Battery Victoria Battery Waterport Battery West Battery White Rock Battery Willis' Battery Windmill Hill Batteries Woodford's Battery Zoca Flank Battery

Castles	Moorish Castle

City gates	Algeciras Gate Barcina Gate Granada Gate Grand Casemates Gates Landport Prince Edward's Gate Queen’s Gate Ragged Staff Gates Southport Gates

Defensive walls	Charles V Wall Line Wall Curtain Montagu Curtain Moorish Wall Prince Albert's Front Ragged Staff Flank

Ditches	Landport Ditch Southport Ditch

Magazines	Eliott's Magazine Europa Sunken Magazine Flat Bastion Magazine Grand Magazine Ragged Staff Magazine Willis' Magazine

Moles	Detached Mole North Mole South Mole

Tunnels	Admiralty Tunnel Great North Road Great Siege Tunnels Landport Tunnel Windsor Gallery

Towers	Devil's Tower Giralda Tower O'Hara's Tower Stanley's Clock Tower Tower of Homage Tuerto Tower

Other	Bayside Barrier Caledonian Canal Chatham Counterguard Flêche Forbes' Barrier Glacis Grand Casemates Inundation King's Lines Lines of Contravallation Montagu Counterguard Prince's Lines Prince of Wales Lines Queen's Lines Ragged Staff Guard West Place of Arms

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