© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Cadw
Anti-aircraft and Coastal Battery West of Lavernock Point is a Second World War defensive installation situated on the Glamorgan coast near Penarth. The battery was constructed as part of Britain's coastal defence network during the war, serving to protect the Bristol Channel approaches and the industrial areas of South Wales from enemy attack. The site comprises the physical remains of gun emplacements and associated military structures that reflect the defensive infrastructure built during the period of heightened invasion threat and aerial bombardment in the early 1940s. The battery represents an important element of Wales's wartime heritage and demonstrates the extent of military preparation undertaken along vulnerable stretches of the Welsh coastline during the Second World War.
Anti-aircraft and Coastal Battery West of Lavernock Point is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM448. View the official record →
Anti-aircraft and Coastal Battery West of Lavernock Point is a Second World War defensive installation situated on the Glamorgan coast near Penarth. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM448.
Anti-aircraft and Coastal Battery West of Lavernock Point dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a battery. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Anti-aircraft and Coastal Battery West of Lavernock Point is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is GM448.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Mary's Well Bay Pillbox (0.5 km), Sully Island, "Danish" Fort (1.2 km), Cogan Deserted Medieval Village (2.6 km).
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any address in Britain — drawing on scheduled monument data, Domesday records, Roman heritage, PAS finds and medieval history to reveal the complete story of a landscape.
Research the area around Anti-aircraft and Coastal Battery West of Lavernock Point