Whilst holidaying in Wales I took the opportunity to explore further afield from where I was camping in Wales .. After searching for locations I came across this gun battery emplacement which sits just above a privately owned fort on the Pembrokeshire coast .During the filming I realised I could get inside 1 of the gun battery's which was brilliant ,and I wasn't disappointed ...The focus on my phone did go out of focus a bit though but I still managed to capture most of the gun battery .. A good explore and I will definitely return as I have seen some other interesting explores nearby ..
wiki info
West Blockhouse Battery[7]West Blockhouse Battery[edit]
Concrete gun emplacements at West Blockhouse Battery.
In 1900, work started on a battery for modern breech loading coast artillery on a site 150 yards (138 metres) to the west of the fort and higher up the cliff. At the same time, a similar battery was constructed across the haven at East Blockhouse near Angle. The battery was completed with an armament of two BL 9.2-inch Mk X guns and three BL 6-inch Mk VII guns. Over the following decades, various guns were withdrawn and then reinstated, but in 1939, the 9.2-inch guns were removed, leaving two 6-inch guns which seem to have been manned until the abolition of coastal artillery in 1956. The site is now derelict and although the concrete gun emplacements remain, other features of the battery have been demolished, buried or have become overgrown.[7]
21 апр 2023
