Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Limpert Bay Anti-invasion Defences
Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan, recorded as Anti Invasion Defence Site (Post Medieval/Modern).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Anti Invasion Defence Site
- Period
- Post Medieval/Modern
- Date of designation
- 15 January 2008
- Community
- Llantwit Major
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.38814, -3.42550
- SAM number
- GM601
- Cadw record number
- 1243
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1858 · 20. Bridgewater. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- Sheet 7 South Wales (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument consists of anti-invasion defences, dating to the early period of World War II (AD 1940-41), that formed part of Western Command's coastal crust defences. They are aligned east-west and extend for 1.8km overlooking the gently shelving beach at Limpert Bay to the south. The monument consists of six reinforced concrete pillboxes and three surviving sections of the single anti-tank cube alignment that linked some of them together. The two pillboxes at the west end are hexagonal in shape and constructed from reinforced concrete with red brick shuttering. The remaining pillboxes are irregular in design and plan, except for Item E, which is of standard FW3/22 design. Each anti-tank cube measures 1.54m in length and width, and 1.45m in height. They are spaced at 1.1m intervals and arranged corner to corner.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of World War II anti-invasion practices. It is well preserved and is an important relic of actions taken against the perceived threat of a German invasion from Ireland. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. The importance of the monument is enhanced further by the group value of the individual items.
The areas scheduled comprise the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Walls, and attached Summerhouse, of Walled Garden at Gileston ManorDomesticunder 1 mi
- Gileston ManorDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cross in Churchyard of Church of St GilesReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Pigsty at Gileston ManorAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.