NAR SM80SE37

A fort guarding Milford Haven, built 1859-64.

A tapering hexagonal trace of ramparts, 90m east-west by 95-50m, having pentagonal bastions at the angles, apparently surrounded by a glacis, rather than ditched; attached on the west is a rectilinear enclosure, about 140m across, extending to the clifflines on the west & north, having a two tier casement & open battery facing west & an apparent open battery facing north; the interior has been much altered to accommodate oil terminal facilities.

Source: Saunders 1962 (Arch. J. 119), 345-7.

Depicted on OS County series (1869) - including position of magazine - occupying a block of land, about 440m east-west by 240m; not depicted on 1885 County series.

RCAHMW AP955101/54-5; 955102/56-8

J.Wiles 11.03.04