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Montagu Bastion
Plataforma de San Andrés
Part of Fortifications of Gibraltar
Gibraltar
Montagu Bastion
Montagu and Orange Bastions as depicted on the scale Model of Gibraltar (1865) (now at the Gibraltar Museum)
Montagu Bastion is located in Gibraltar
Montagu Bastion
Montagu Bastion
Coordinates36°08′43″N 5°21′16″W / 36.145291°N 5.354376°W / 36.145291; -5.354376
TypeBastion
Site information
OwnerGovernment of Gibraltar
Open to
the public
No
Site history
MaterialsLimestone
Concrete

The Montagu Bastion is one of many bastions which were designed to protect Gibraltar. Montagu was joined to Orange Bastion by a curtain wall known as Montagu Curtain and this bastion was protected by the Montagu Counterguard.

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