Posted on December 27, 2022 / 8
Listing Type : Malta Pillboxes
Location : Malta

Beach Defence Post GZ1 is to all intents and purposes a Seagull Trench.  The trench is over 20 metres long, and located on a cliff terrace to the West of Ghanh Znuber Tower.

The structure appears to have been built in separate phases.  At the North end there is a well finished pillbox with loopholes.  There was then a covered trench, originally covered with a concrete roof, that ran to the South end of the feature where there was a machine gun pillbox and possibly a searchlight.  The roof this covered trench section has largely collapsed and is inferior in quality the North Pillbox.  The length of the trench had loopholes facing West towards the sea.

For more background information on Defence Post and Pillboxes in Malta built by the British see https://pinkroutes.com/malta-pillboxes/.

Beach Defence Post GZ1

Beach Defence Post GZ1 is to all intents and purposes a Seagull Trench.  The trench is over 20 metres long, and located on a cliff terrace to the West of Ghanh Znuber Tower.

The structure appears to have been built in separate phases.  At the North end there is a well finished pillbox with loopholes.  There was then a covered trench, originally covered with a concrete roof, that ran to the South end of the feature where there was a machine gun pillbox and possibly a searchlight.  The roof this covered trench section has largely collapsed and is inferior in quality the North Pillbox.  The length of the trench had loopholes facing West towards the sea.

For more background information on Defence Post and Pillboxes in Malta built by the British see https://pinkroutes.com/malta-pillboxes/.

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