Accessed at the northern end of the Rock, the Great Siege Tunnels were gun emplacements hewn by hand by the British during the 1779–83 siege. They constitute a tiny portion of the more than 50km of tunnels in Gibraltar, most of which are off limits to the public.
Great Siege Tunnels
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