page_title: O'Hara's Tower
hierarchical_section_title: O'Hara's Tower
caption_attribution_description: English: Rosia Bay anchorage and Parsons Lodge can be seen at the bottom centre. It was this bay that H.M.S. Victory was towed to after the Battle of Trafalgar with Nelsons body onboard. O'Haras Tower can be seen at the top of the Rock in the centre. This would later be the site of O'Haras and Lord Aireys Batteries, still in existence today.Views from a model of Gibraltar in en:Gibraltar Museum. The model is 8 meter's long at a scale of 1/600 or 1inch = 50ft which represents the almost 3 mile length of Gibraltar It was completed in 1865 from a survey by Lient. Charles Waren R.E. under the direction of Major General Frome R.E. it was coloured after nature by Captain B.A. Branfill of 86 Regiment 1868. These pictures are from DiscoverGibraltar.com and are generously given by the site and its auithor Jim Crone
context_page_description: O'Hara's Tower was a watchtower in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It was located at the highest point of the Rock of Gibraltar, at what is now O'Hara's Battery, near the southern end of the Upper Rock Nature Reserve.
  Initially known as St. George's Tower, it was constructed in the late 18th century on the order of then Lieutenant Governor Charles O'Hara, under the presumption that it would be useful in observing the enemy at the Port of Cadiz.
  Not only was it unsuccessful, it was struck by lightning shortly after it was built, and remained in ruins for much of the 19th century until its demolition in 1888. It came to be known as O'Hara's Tower and was frequently referred to as O'Hara's Folly.
context_section_description: O'Hara's Tower was a watchtower in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It was located at the highest point of the Rock of Gibraltar, at what is now O'Hara's Battery, near the southern end of the Upper Rock Nature Reserve.
  Initially known as St. George's Tower, it was constructed in the late 18th century on the order of then Lieutenant Governor Charles O'Hara, under the presumption that it would be useful in observing the enemy at the Port of Cadiz.
  Not only was it unsuccessful, it was struck by lightning shortly after it was built, and remained in ruins for much of the 19th century until its demolition in 1888. It came to be known as O'Hara's Tower and was frequently referred to as O'Hara's Folly.
caption: 1865 Model of Gibraltar depicting O'Hara's Tower at top left.
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