East and West Blockhouses

East and West Blockhouses
Angle and Dale, Wales
Remains of the East Blockhouse, Angle, looking out to the site of the West Blockhouse at Dale
East and West Blockhouses
Coordinates	51°40′56″N 5°07′27″W / 51.68213°N 5.12424°W / 51.68213; -5.12424
Type	Device Fort
Site information
Condition	East Blockhouse ruined West Blockhouse destroyed
Site history
Materials	Stone
Events	Second World War

The East and West Blockhouses were Device Forts built by King Henry VIII in 1539 to protect the harbour of Milford Haven in Wales. The two blockhouses were positioned on either side of the Milford Haven Waterway in the villages of Angle and Dale respectively, overlooking the sea. The East Blockhouse was never completed, but the remains were reused as a defensive site in the Second World War. The West Blockhouse was described by contemporaries as forming a round tower with gunports, but it was demolished when West Blockhouse Fort was built on the same site in the 19th century.