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• Somerset
  ...p Line was set up to repel a potential German invasion. The remains of its pill boxes can still be seen along the coast, and south through [[Ilminster]] an ...storians, as [[Cadbury Castle, Somerset|Cadbury Castle]], an Iron Age hill fort near Glastonbury. The town also gives its name to an annual open-air rock
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• Newport, Monmouthshire
  ...n AD 75, on the very edge of their empire, the Roman legions built a Roman fort at [[Caerleon]] to defend the river crossing. According to legend, in the l Nine other rugby union teams are based in Newport; Newport Saracens, Pill Harriers, Newport High School Old Boys, Bettws, Caerleon, Hartridge, Rogers
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• Milford Haven
  ...and commercial development - one study indicated a 45% loss in Hubberston Pill.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biodiversitypembrokeshire.org.uk/publication ...uries, based on a grid pattern, located between Hubberston Pill and Castle Pill and extending inland for 500 yards. Milford Haven's 20th century expansion
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• Portishead
  ...or his voyage when he discovered North America.<ref name="robionsonwj"/> A fort was built on Battery Point,<ref name="portisheadhist"/> and was used during
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• Penarth
  ...is a Tudor mansion, owned by the Herbert family, on the hillside at Cogan Pill,<ref name="SG County History" /> now a chain restaurant. ...of an experimental rocket battery. At Lavernock Point was built Lavernock Fort, with heavy naval guns, anti aircraft and searchlight batteries. Ofshore o
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• Hubberston
  ...y/military-heritage/hubberston-fort Experience Pembrokeshire - Hubberstone Fort] "Experience Pembrokeshire Website", accessed 14.11.09</ref> Hubberston is separated from Milford Haven by Hubberston Pill, a once tidal estuary. Access is via Victoria Bridge, which is reached via
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• Angle Peninsula Coast
  Above castle bay there are the remains of an [[Iron Age]] fort. On the headland there are visible remains of mediæval strip farming. ...was used as housing for a searchlight. On a rocky patch of ground at west pill is a brick mine watcher hut. This was used specifically to watch out for th
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• Steynton
  ...ch tower was used as a musketry position in the Civil War action at [[Pill Fort]] in Milford Haven.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.experiencepembrokeshire
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