Thorne Island
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Thorne17, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: small island in Wales dominated by a Palmerston Fort
- Also known as: “Thorn Island” and “Thorn Island Fort”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dale Fort and St Ishmaels.
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.
St Ishmaels
Church
Photo: Dara Jasumani, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Ishmaels or St Ishmael's is a village, parish and community close to the Milford Haven Waterway in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Herbrandston and Milford Haven.
Herbrandston
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Herbrandston is a small village on the southwest Pembrokeshire coast. It has a large beach with clean red 'Sandy Haven' sand, which leads up to a tidal creek. There is a carpark adjoining the beach.
Milford Haven
Milford Haven is located near the River Cleddau, and with a population of around 15,000 is the largest town in Pembrokeshire. It is one of the UK's largest ports, and attracts many cruise ships.
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.
Thorne Island
- Categories: islet, fort, hotel, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Angle, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.6917° or 51° 41′ 30″ northLongitude
-5.1178° or 5° 7′ 4″ westOpen location code
9C3PMVRJ+MVOpenStreetMap ID
way 4001735OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandWikidata ID
Q7796288
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Welsh—“Thorne Island” goes by many names.
- French: “Thorne Island”
- German: “Thorne Island”
- Japanese: “ソーン島”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Thorn Island”
- Welsh: “Ynys Thorn”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Lowry’s Island and Chapel Bay Fort.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Thorne Island”. Photo: Thorne17, CC BY-SA 4.0.