R15 WARTIME RESERVE POST

By the end of the Abyssinian Crisis in 1936, the British military authorities had already adopted a defence plan for Malta in which three successive lines of defence were to be constructed, each consisting of some 280 concrete defence posts. Depending on their position, these were beach, depth and reserve defence lines. Located at the edge of Naxxar, Reserve Post R 15 belonged to a reserve line of defence and was positioned on a strategic road, linking the north and south of the island.