It appears that even Malinta Hill has a few surprises left. Karl and I were walking up the NE corner of the hill when I noticed a flat area on the opposite side of a ravine. The white soil I could see on the bottom over there turned out to be concrete. We cleared away some leaves and branches to get a better look. 

This is a gun position that neither of us have seen before. It appears to be identical in size to a covered 75mm gun position but without the four posts and roof. The position has a concrete bottom pad with a rounded concrete platform on top of it. No rear positioning rail is visible but it may be there. This area is covered now with sloping hard soil and some rocks that probably fell down from the cliff just behind it.

On the down-hill side is an embankment constructed of concrete. The position is up high with no obvious road to it, WWII bombardment and shelling may have erased any traces. None of the maps I have including the 1941 Emergency Defense map show this position as existing. Since it is not shown on the 1941 map, I assume this position was not used during the war.




A view of the gun position showing the two concrete pads, the upper one being rounded.




Another view of the position.




Another view of the position.




The concrete embankment below the position.




Standing at the edge of the concrete embankment looking down towards the North Shore Road. The angle of the trees gives you an idea of how steep this little ravine is. (The red arrow marks the road heading east).