Forts · South Wales
Lavernock Fort
Also known as: Lavernock Battery
Lavernock Fort is a fort in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
- Nearest railway station
- Penarth · 3.5 km
About
Lavernock Fort is a historic fort or fortified site in the United Kingdom. Also known as: Lavernock Battery. Coordinates: 51.4043°, -3.1795°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Lavernock Battery was built at Lavernock Point, Wales on the recommendations of the 1860 Royal Commission during the late 1860s to protect the ports of the Severn Estuary. It was replaced by a new anti-aircraft battery during World War II that was equipped with four heavy anti-aircraft guns.
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Background
History
The Palmerston government initiated a large system of coastal fortifications and Lavernock Battery was the most northerly of a chain of defences across the Bristol Channel, protecting the access to Bristol and Cardiff. Completed in 1870, the battery was initially armed with three rifled muzzle-loading (RML) 7 in Mk III guns on disappearing carriages. An 1895 inventory reported a fourth seven-inch gun. By 1903 all four guns had been replaced by two breech-loading six-inch (152 mm) Mk VII guns. The two 6-inch guns formed part of the Fixed Defences, Severn Scheme and protected the Atlantic shipping convoy de-grouping zone between Cardiff, Barry and Flat Holm. They were manned by men of the…
Description
The battery was triangular shaped with four gun emplacements, a protective ditch, barracks, a laboratory, and a magazine. Most of the battery has been demolished and the ditch filled in; a swimming pool has been built over one of the magazines. What remains is included in a holiday caravan and chalet park.
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- Coordinates
- 51.4043, -3.1795
- District
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Parish
- Sully and Lavernock
- Postcode
- CF64 5XQ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Cardiff South and Penarth
- Nearest railway station
- Penarth — 3.5 km
Sources
- osm: w899673448 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Lavernock Battery (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Lavernock Battery, February 2018 (03).jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Lavernock Fort?
- Lavernock Fort is in South Wales, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.4043°, -3.1795°. The nearest railway station is Penarth, around 3.5 km away.