In 1850, the UK began construction of a fortress to protect the Milford Harbor Channel in the Welsh county of Pembrokeshire.<\/p>\n
The purpose of this fortification was to protect the Royal Shipyard located in the town of Pembroke Dock<\/strong>, on the south coast of that channel. The construction was completed in only two years despite the difficult location of the fortress, with a circular shape. It was armed with three 32-pounder muzzle-loading guns<\/strong> (a model commonly used by Royal Navy ships at the time) and a 12-pounder muzzle-loading gun<\/strong> for defense of the fort.<\/p>\n Over the decades that it was in operation, the fort changed artillery pieces several times, until in World War I it operated with only two 12-pounders<\/strong> and a small garrison. After the Great War, in 1929, the artillery of the fort was dismantled<\/strong>, and three years later it was sold. For years it has been passing hands, until its last sale, which took place in 2021. Despite this, the fort is abandoned and in ruins, and today its only permanent inhabitants are seagulls<\/strong> of the Milford canal, which have their particular breeding ground in this fortification.<\/p>\n
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