Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Gun Emplacement on S side of Mumbles Lighthouse
Mumbles, Swansea, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Mumbles Head, Swansea, Mumbles, designated on 29 October 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Defence
- Date of designation
- 29 October 1999
- Locality
- Mumbles Head
- Town
- Swansea
- Community
- Mumbles
- Unitary authority
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.56661, -3.97094
- Cadw reference
- 22568
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 247 Swansea (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1920 · Sheet 100. Llanelly. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the SE side of Mumbles Lighthouse on an islet off Mumbles Head.
History
A gun emplacement erected in the 1939-45 war and housing a 4.7 inch (12cm) gun.
Exterior
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.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with other associated listed items, including Mumbles Battery, demonstrating development of coastal defences here in the C19 and C20.
Nearby in the register
- Mumbles BatteryDefenceunder 1 mi
- Mumbles LighthouseMaritimeunder 1 mi
- Gun Emplacement on NE side of Mumbles LighthouseDefenceunder 1 mi
- Magazine on NW side of Mumbles LighthouseDefenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.