Rat Island

Places of Interest

Thorne Island

Island

Photo: Thorne17, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thorne Island is a rocky islet and part of the community of Angle, Pembrokeshire, Wales, with an area of 2 acres, dominated by a coastal artillery fort built to defend the Milford Haven Waterway in the mid-19th century.

West Blockhouse Fort

Fort

Photo: Peter Barr, CC BY-SA 2.0.

West Blockhouse Fort is a mid-19th century coastal artillery fort at West Blockhouse Point, a rocky headland near Dale, Pembrokeshire, to the west of Milford Haven in Wales.

Dale Fort

Castle

Photo: Julian Cremona, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dale Fort is a mid-19th-century coastal artillery fort at Dale Head, a rocky promontory near Dale, Pembrokeshire, west of Milford Haven in Wales. It is one of the centres run by Field Studies Council and offers residential and non-residential fieldwork for schools, colleges and universities, holiday accommodation and professional and leisure courses in natural history and arts. Dale Fort is situated 2 miles northwest of Rat Island.

Places in the Area

Angle

Village

Photo: Jeremy Owen, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Angle is a village, parish and community on the southern side of the entrance to the Milford Haven Waterway in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The village school has closed, as has the village shop.

South Hook Fort

Locality

Photo: Robin Lucas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

South Hook Fort, on the northern shore of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, is a Grade II* listed building which belongs to a series of forts built as part of the inner line of defence of the Haven following the Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom. South Hook Fort is situated 2½ miles northeast of Rat Island.

Dale

Village

Photo: Izzy Johnson, Public domain.

Dale is a small village and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales, located on the peninsula which forms the northern side of the entrance to the Milford Haven Waterway. Dale is situated 2½ miles northwest of Rat Island.

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