Dale (Pembrokeshire)
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 42 ′ N , 5 ° 10 ′ W | ||
| OS National Grid | SM809057 | ||
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| Residents | 225 (2011) | ||
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| Post town | Milford Haven | ||
| ZIP code section | SA73 | ||
| prefix | 01646 | ||
| Part of the country | Wales | ||
| Preserved County | Dyfed | ||
| Unitary authority | Pembrokeshire | ||
| British Parliament | Preseli Pembrokeshire | ||
| Welsh Parliament | Preseli Pembrokeshire | ||
Dale is a village of around 225 people in the traditional county of Pembrokeshire in south west Wales . It is located in the middle of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park on the Dale Peninsula, which forms the north bank of the entrance to the Milford Haven Waterway .
The place is a popular resort, with sailing, windsurfing and hiking as the main attractions. The Pembrokeshire Coast Path runs along the coast in Dale.
Dale Castle
Dale was once the seat of the de Vale family, Norman Marcher Lords , who had conquered the area on royal English orders in the 12th century and who built Dale Castle in the 13th century . The castle, not far above the village, was partially demolished in 1910, and the remaining parts were converted into a residential building in the style of a fortified villa. The building is privately owned and not open to the public.
Dale Fort
Approximately 1 km southeast of the settlement is Dale Fort , an artillery fortress built in the 1850s on a rocky little peninsula jutting east into Milford Haven Waterway, guarding the entrance to Milford Haven and the roadstead of Dale Roads. Since 1959 it has housed a study center of the “Field Studies Council” (FSC), where thousands of high school students gain insight into ecology, biology, marine biology, geology and related fields of knowledge every year.
Dale Airfield
Immediately to the northwest of the village, a military airfield was built in 1941, which was used by the Royal Air Force from 1942 until the end of the war , and then by the Fleet Air Arm until 1947 . The three runways and the concrete parking spaces for aircraft are still there. The entire site is now privately owned again.
Sea Empress calamity
On February 15, 1996, the Sea Empress tanker hit rocks immediately south of Dale, tore its hull open and lost around 72,000 tons of crude oil , an extensive heavy oil spill , by the time it was finally towed to Milford Haven on February 21 caused.
Photo gallery
Dale Castle and Church
Dale Castle
Dale Fort
Dale Roads Bay
Rocky bay at Dale
May2003.jpg)
Footnotes
- ↑ Dale Castle in www.castlewales.com
- ^ Field Studies Council: Dale Fort
- ^ Airfields of Britain: Dale
- ↑ http://www.walking-guides.co.uk/dale/17a-dale-airfield.html