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Defensible Barracks, Pembroke Dock is a military fortification and barracks complex constructed in the early nineteenth century to defend the strategic naval dockyard at Pembroke Dock. Built during the Napoleonic Wars when French invasion posed a significant threat to British military installations, the barracks exemplifies early nineteenth-century military architecture and defensive design. The structure combines residential quarters for troops with integrated defensive features characteristic of purpose-built military establishments of this period. As a Scheduled Ancient Monument under Cadw, the site preserves important evidence of Britain's naval defence infrastructure during the post-medieval period and remains a significant example of military heritage in Pembrokeshire.
Defensible Barracks, Pembroke Dock is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference PE379. View the official record →
Defensible Barracks, Pembroke Dock is a military fortification and barracks complex constructed in the early nineteenth century to defend the strategic naval dockyard at Pembroke Dock. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference PE379.
Defensible Barracks, Pembroke Dock dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a barracks. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Defensible Barracks, Pembroke Dock 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 PE379.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stackpole Farm Standing Stone (7.3 km), Pricaston Farmhouse (7.9 km), Flimston Farmhouse (8.3 km).
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