Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Windmill adapted as machine-gun post
Angle, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Industrial
- Date of designation
- 14 May 1970
- Locality
- Hubberton
- Community
- Angle
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.67565, -5.08671
- Cadw reference
- 5926
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
In field E of B4320 road after turning N to approach the village.
History
A windmill is recorded here c.1600, but this structure may be C18. Probably derelict by 1842. In about 1941, with the establishment of Angle Airfield following air raids on Milford Haven, a battle HQ bunker was built about 40 m E of the windmill. The windmill was adapted to serve as a machine-gun post, probably because it had sufficient height for clear view over the nearby hutments.
Exterior
Windmill: cylindrical base surviving to a height of about 5 m. Local stonework in irregular courses. Ground level entrance at E. Upper level original apertures at N and S, both now blocked with masonry. The latter openings have lintels with relieving arches above.
Wartime adaptations: The interior reinforced all round with brickwork. Step-irons for access through a manhole to the upper level. The upper floor consists of concrete laid on corrugated iron sheeting over re-used railway rails. Bricks around manhole. Four apertures with concrete lintels and with steel frames and shutters of which only traces remain, with wide external splays in wood and brick, to give 360o visibility. No roof.
Reason for designation
Listed as survival of an C18 windmill with additional significance in relation to wartime bunker and airfield.
Nearby in the register
- The AlmshouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Angle CastleBuilding (Unclassified)under 1 mi
- Preaching CrossReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- 7 Main StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.