Mumbles Hill
Mumbles Hill is a hill near the south eastern tip of the Gower Peninsula, Wales. Parts of the hill form a designated Local Nature Reserve, declared in 1991.
Defensive gunnery positions were built on the hill in World War II. Remnants of the 623rd Anti-Aircraft Battery gun emplacements and control bunker are still visible on the hill.
Coastal Defence Battery 299 had a site on a hill with 6 inch gun and underground magazines, though none of this remains on the hill. However there are information boards marking the spot.
External links
- City and County of Swansea: Mumbles Hill
- BBC South West Wales: Mumbles Hill Local Nature Reserve
- Swancam: Mumbles Hill
- World War II Coastal Defence Battery 299 on Mumbles Hill - including a link to Anti-Aircraft Battery maps & plans
- A History of Mumbles: by Oystermouth Historical Association, 'Mumbles Hill, A Ramble Through Time', from prehistory to the present day
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