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Fort Scoveston is a nineteenth-century coastal defence fort located in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Constructed during the period of heightened naval anxiety in the mid-1800s, the fort represents the Victorian era's strategic response to perceived threats to British maritime interests. The fort's design and construction reflect contemporary military engineering principles of coastal fortification, incorporating features typical of mid-nineteenth-century defence works. As a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw's protection, Fort Scoveston remains an important example of Post-Medieval and Modern period military architecture in Wales.
Fort Scoveston is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference PE339. View the official record →
Fort Scoveston is a nineteenth-century coastal defence fort located in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference PE339.
Fort Scoveston dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a fort. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Fort Scoveston 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 PE339.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dry Burrows Round Barrows (6.9 km), Round Barrow 400m N of West Orielton (7.3 km), Kings Mill Camp (8.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Fort Scoveston'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.
Fort Scoveston stands on Pridoli Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Pridoli. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.