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Latitude: 51.5666 / 51°33'59"N
Longitude: -3.9709 / 3°58'15"W
OS Eastings: 263490
OS Northings: 187145
OS Grid: SS634871
Mapcode National: GBR GX.Y4PP
Mapcode Global: VH4KH.4W2D
Plus Code: 9C3RH28H+JJ
Entry Name: Gun Emplacement on S side of Mumbles Lighthouse
Listing Date: 29 October 1999
Last Amended: 29 October 1999
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 22568
Building Class: Defence
ID on this website: 300022568
Location: On the SE side of Mumbles Lighthouse on an islet off Mumbles Head.
County: Swansea
Town: Swansea
Community: Mumbles (Y Mwmbwls)
Community: Mumbles
Locality: Mumbles Head
Traditional County: Glamorgan
Tagged with: Architectural structure
A gun emplacement erected in the 1939-45 war and housing a 4.7 inch (12cm) gun.
A reinforced concrete gun emplacement on a levelled concrete platform and with a felt-covered flat roof. A doorway on the E side has hinges for double doors. The front, facing the sea, is rounded and has an opening the full width to allow a 180 degree turn of the gun. Inside are fragmentary remains of the base for the gun and a single steel cross beam supporting the roof.
Included for group value with other associated listed items, including Mumbles Battery, demonstrating development of coastal defences here in the C19 and C20.
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