
What is recorded here
Lavernock Fort is shown as a fort on the public map of Vale of Glamorgan. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
Lavernock Fort was built by the British Army in the mid-19th century as part of a series of coastal defenses to protect the south Wales coast from potential invasion. It is remembered for its role in Victorian military history and as a well-preserved example of 19th-century artillery fortification.
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Photo: Eirian Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0