Located within the southeastern corner of West Pickard Camp Iron Age promontory fort (NPRN 92623) is a WW2 gun emplacement, associated with the nearby Angle Airfield. The emplacement survives as a circular bank up to 0.6 metres high, defining an internal area 8 metres in diameter, with an entrance on the northeast side and traces of an internal concrete surface. The construction of the emplacement necessitated the levelling of part of the rampart bank defining the eastern edge of the fort.
Other features also associated with the WW2 military use of the camp include 2 weapon pits (NPRNs 270745 and 270746) and a machine gun post and lookout (NPRN 801604) dug into the eastern rampart bank. 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
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
