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Spy Glass Battery or Spyglass Battery was originally a high angle artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.The battery is mounted high on the rock to give extra range and protection. The battery was still in use during the Second World War as a listening post and site for a Bofors Gun.

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location
Gibraltar, Spy_Glass_Battery__location__1
owner
Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
type
Artillery battery

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