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Defensible Barracks is a nineteenth-century military installation located in Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire. Constructed during a period of heightened strategic concern over national defence, the barracks exemplify the fortified military architecture developed in response to mid-nineteenth-century imperial and industrial security requirements. The complex incorporates defensive features characteristic of purpose-built military establishments of this era, designed to accommodate garrison troops whilst providing structural protection. As a scheduled ancient monument, the site preserves important evidence of Victorian military organisation and the role of Pembroke Dock as a significant naval and military centre in Wales.
Defensible Barracks, Pembroke Dock is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference PE379. View the official record →
Defensible Barracks is a nineteenth-century military installation located in Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire. 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 the UK.
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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Defensible Barracks, Pembroke Dock's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Defensible Barracks, Pembroke Dock stands on Pridoli Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Pridoli. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.