{{Short description|Artillery battery in Gibraltar}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox military installation |name = Martin's Battery |native_name = |partof = Fortifications of Gibraltar |location =Gibraltar |image = |caption = |map_type = Gibraltar |map_size = 300 |map_alt = |map_caption = Location in Gibraltar |type = Artillery battery |coordinates = {{coord|36.12505|-5.34188|type:landmark_region:GI|display=inline}} |code = |built = |builder = |materials = |height = |used = |demolished = |condition = |ownership = Ministry of Defence |open_to_public = |controlledby = |garrison = |current_commander = |commanders = |occupants = |battles = |events = }} '''Martin's Battery''' was an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.<ref name="Fa2006">{{cite book|author=Fa & Finlayson|title=The Fortifications of Gibraltar 1068-1945|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BC5QBR0oB04C&pg=PA31|access-date=4 April 2013|year=2006|page=51|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=978-1-84603-016-1}}</ref>
==Description== During World War Two there were two 4 inch and two 4 inch Quick Firing guns at Martin's Battery on the west side of the Rock of Gibraltar.<ref name="Fa2006"/> Presumably named for the drunken soldier who reportedly discovered Martin's Cave in 1821.<ref name="Critic">{{cite work|title=The Critic: A Weekly Review of Literature, Fine Arts, and the Drama, Volume 1|page=272|date=21 February 1829|chapter=Sketch: St Martin's Cave|publisher=Critic Press|location=New York}}</ref>
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{{Fortifications of Gibraltar}}
Category:Artillery battery fortifications in Gibraltar
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