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Explosives Dumping Ground, off Castlemartin Range

Explosives Dumping Area

What is recorded here

British military vessels dropped unwanted explosives into the deep water off Castlemartin Range, creating a hidden dumping ground that still lies beneath the Pembrokeshire sea. The modern jars and crates may have sunk without warning, carrying dangerous payloads into the dark. Fishermen and sailors probably learned the exact coordinates through bitter experience rather than public announcement. The range itself became a killing field for live ammunition, while the dumping ground became a quiet graveyard for discarded death.
The National Monuments Record of Wales records Explosives Dumping Ground, off Castlemartin Range as Explosives Dumping Area from the Modern period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

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