Blast from the past: Fishguard Fort

I’m not sure of the exact date that this was taken, but I can see from my archives that it featured in a gallery on my website in 2008, so it must have been over 16 years ago. I can recall that we were leaving Fishguard on the last day of a holiday and we stopped at the top of the steep hill from Lower Fishguard at a spot called Fishguard Fort.

The fort was built in 1781, following an attempt by an American pirate ship ‘Black Prince’ to demand a ransom from the town of Fishguard (which, at the time, was a prosperous sea port). A few years later it saw its only action when it repelled a French invasion force, who retreated and landed further down the coast, saving the town.

The morning sun was rising and just catching the rocks beneath me. I set my tripod up next to a wire fence and took a few shots before heading back to the car – and home.