Castlemartin village
Castlemartin Pound, in the centre of the village, was fitted out with ‘pill-boxes’ during WW2 and used as a machine gun emplacement.
On the medieval castle mound at Castle Farm (privately owned) are the remains of a WW2 Royal Observer Corps post.
Near Castlemartin is Brownslade House, the former mansion home of the Lambton family. When the army arrived in 1939 it became the Officers’ Mess but was abandoned in 1942 as being too close to the firing range. The house fell into disrepair and was blown up in 1973.
In Castlemartin Church is a small stone tablet in memory of Stoker Petty Officer Richard Morris of Coxey, Castlemartin, who gave his life while serving on HMS Charybdis on October 23, 1943.
