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Poca Roca Cave

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and this cave, with the objective of finding archaeological evidence of the past use of the caves. The Governor agreed and a ten-member team of prisoners began the explorations. Martin's Cave was the first to be explored.
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previous to the bombardment, for the Governor's reception ; but was afterwards converted into a powder magazine, being very convenient for the batteries on the heights.
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Gibraltar is sometimes referred to as the "Hill of Caves" and the geological formation of all the caves is limestone. The Poca Roca Cave fissure runs through the
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Transactions of the third session which opened at Norwich on the 20th August and closed in London on the 28th August 1868
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was used by Gibraltarians whilst Poca Roca cave was prepared in August 1779 for use as apartments by General
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In the 1860s, Captain Fred Brome, the governor of Gibraltar's prison, sought permission from the
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in a general west–east direction all the way from Bell Lane in the old town area to
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the population of the Rock made use of the caves to shelter from the bombardment.
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International Congress of Prehistoric Archaeology (1869).
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Cave in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar
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Cooper Willyams
Rock of Gibraltar
36°08′30″N 5°20′47″W / 36.1416°N 5.3463°W / 36.1416; -5.3463
Limestone
British Overseas Territory
Gibraltar
Middle Hill
Isolation Hospital
Governor's Lookout
Rock of Gibraltar
Catalan Bay
Great Siege of Gibraltar
Beefsteak Cave
George Augustus Elliot
Governor of Gibraltar
Green's Lodge Battery
Middle Hill Battery
Governor of Gibraltar
Martin's Cave
St. Michael's Cave
Fig Tree Cave



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