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St Ishmael's Scar Beach Defence Gun House is a Post Medieval and Modern period coastal defence structure located at Scar Beach near St Ishmael in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The gun house forms part of the fixed coastal defences established to protect the South Wales coast, reflecting the strategic military concerns of the period regarding potential invasion threats. The structure exemplifies the type of reinforced defensive architecture deployed along vulnerable stretches of the Welsh coastline during periods of heightened national defence requirements. The site is recorded in the Cadw Schedule of Monuments as SAM CM383.
St Ishmael's Scar Beach Defence Gun House is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM383. View the official record →
St Ishmael's Scar Beach Defence Gun House is a Post Medieval and Modern period coastal defence structure located at Scar Beach near St Ishmael in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CM383.
St Ishmael's Scar Beach Defence Gun House dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a gun house. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
St Ishmael's Scar Beach Defence Gun House 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 CM383.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castell Llansteffan (2.2 km), Round Barrow 330m SW of Mynydd-Uchaf (3.4 km), Coleman Dovecot (3.6 km).
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