What is recorded here
Martello Tower, Pembroke Dock is a castle, fort or tower in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Perhaps soldiers watched the water from its top while ordinary people wondered whether danger would ever arrive. Maybe the tower still holds that patience, waiting for a threat that never came.
A named place photographed at this map point in Pembrokeshire.
Built by the British government in the early 19th century as part of a defensive network against potential French invasion, the Martello Tower at Pembroke Dock is remembered as a symbol of Napoleonic-era military preparedness in Wales.
Places near here
East Martello Tower, Pembroke DockyardMartello Tower · 46 yd
Front Street, Pembroke DockHouse · 73 yd
Pembroke Dock Heritage CentreMuseum · 382 yd
Barclays Bank, Pembroke DockBank (financial) · 426 yd
Pembroke Haven Yacht ClubSailing Club · 550 yd
Defensible BarracksCastle · 878 yd
Military CemeteryChurch, cross or graveyard · 1061 yd
Llanion Cemetery Chapel, London Road, LlanionChapel · 1612 yd
Pembroke CastleRuins · 1.7 mi
Siege of Pembrokebattle · 1.7 mi
Pembroke Town TrailVisitor information · 1.8 mi
Saint Daniel's HillMountain or hill · 2.2 miOther information
Photo: Garth Newton · CC BY-SA 2.0