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{{Short description|Cave in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar}}
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'''Wilson's Cave''' is a cave in the [[British Overseas Territories|British Overseas Territory]] of [[Gibraltar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/94284331/Location-of-Caves-Gibraltar|title=Location of Caves - Gibraltar|publisher=[[Scribd]]|access-date=17 February 2013|archive-date=6 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306020925/https://www.scribd.com/doc/94284331/Location-of-Caves-Gibraltar|url-status=live}}</ref> It was named after Major W. H. Wilson, [[Royal Engineers]], Company Commander.<ref>"The Gibraltar Tunnels" by Tito Vallejo</ref>
==Location==
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==History==
Wilson's Cave is a large natural [[limestone cave]] within the [[Rock of Gibraltar]]. It was discovered by the military [[military history of Gibraltar during World War II|during World War II]] during excavation of Magazine Ramp near Green Lane Magazine<ref>"The Gibraltar Tunnels" by Tito Vallejo</ref> whilst carrying out extensive tunnelling within the Rock. The miners were developing a structure to absorb a possible blast (known as a blast trap) from an exploding magazine when part of the tunnel caved into the natural cavity. The magazine was served from Doncaster Adit off the [[Great North Road, Gibraltar|Great North Road]] which supplied vehicular access to the outside.<ref name=north>{{cite web|title=Doncaster Adit
Investigators have published descriptions of the cave where they have discovered neolithic implements, mammoth bones<ref>{{Cite book |last=Britain) |first=Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (Great |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yO8HAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Wilson's+Cave%22+gibraltar |title=Bulletin |date=1904 |publisher=Institution of Mining and Metallurgy |language=en}}</ref> and groups of limestone deposits that resemble a glacier made of stone.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QR8iuRm8Vx8C&q=%22Wilson's+Cave%22+gibraltar |title=The Illustrated London News |date=1944 |publisher=William Little |language=en}}</ref>
==External links==
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/smyeo/albums/72157717564004121/ Photos of the cave and limestone deposits]
==See also==
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