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Gravel Bay anti-aircraft battery is a Second World War defensive installation located in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The battery forms part of the extensive coastal defence network constructed along the Welsh coast during the conflict to protect against enemy air attack and potential invasion. Like other anti-aircraft batteries of this period, it would have been equipped with gun emplacements and associated military infrastructure designed to engage enemy aircraft. The site survives as a material record of Britain's home defence preparations during the 1939–1945 period and contributes to the archaeological understanding of wartime military deployment in South Wales.
Gravel Bay anti-aircraft battery is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference PE494. View the official record →
Gravel Bay anti-aircraft battery is a Second World War defensive installation located in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference PE494.
Gravel Bay anti-aircraft battery 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.
Gravel Bay anti-aircraft battery 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 PE494.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Crow Back Tumulus (3.4 km), Linney Tobruk Shelters (3.8 km), Linney Head Tumulus (3.9 km).
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