Circular earthen weapons pit, c.1.5 metres in diameter and 0.8m deep, for a Lewis light anti-aircraft machine gun dug into the eastern rampart bank of West Pickard Camp, an Iron Age promontory fort (NPRN 92623).
West Pickard Camp was used by the military during WW2, in association with the nearby Angle Airfield. A second weapons pit (NPRN 270745) was also dug into the top of the rampart bank 15 metres to the northwest and a lookout/machine gun post (NPRN 801604) is dug into the external face of the rampart bank. In the southeast corner of the camp is a gun emplacement which necessitated the levelling part of the rampart bank (NPRN 801603). Other WW2 features are visible on 1946 aerial photographs (106G/UK/1629 2093-4). These include three scars possibly from the removal of temporary buildings, two inside the fort and one outside to the east (Murphy 2010)
Louise Barker, RCAHMW, 22 August 2025.
Sources
Defence of Britain Archive (Record Number 11617) https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/dob/ai_full_r.cfm?refno=11617
Murphy, K., 2010. ‘Coastal Promontory Forts Sketch Surveys and Descriptions’ in Meek, J., Arfordir Coastal Heritage 2009-2010. (Dyfed Archaeological Trust Report No. 2010/23) http://www.walesher1974.org/herumd.php?group=DAT&level=3&docid=301361706
