East and West Blockhouses (Q19902231)

  • matcher place: Pembrokeshire (relation 57535), Pembrokeshire Coast National Park (relation 165598)
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  • English Wikipedia categories: Archaeological sites in Pembrokeshire, Blockhouses, Buildings and structures in Milford Haven, Device Forts, Forts in Pembrokeshire, History of Pembrokeshire, Ruins in Wales
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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The East and West Blockhouses were Device Forts built by King Henry VIII in 1539 to protect the harbour of Milford Haven in Wales. The two blockhouses were positioned on either side of the Milford Haven Waterway in the villages of Angle and Dale respectively, overlooking the sea. The East Blockhouse was never completed, but the remains were reused as a defensive site in the Second World War. The West Blockhouse was described by contemporaries as forming a round tower with gunports, but it was demolished when West Blockhouse Fort was built on the same site in the 19th century.

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military facility (Q18691599) military
building (Q41176) building=yes, building

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Archaeological sites in Pembrokeshire historic=archaeological_site
Device Forts castle_type=fortress, historic=fort
Forts in Pembrokeshire castle_type=fortress, historic=fort
Ruins in Wales ruins, building=ruins, historic=ruins