Hill Mountain | |
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Location within
Pembrokeshire | |
Population | 673 |
OS grid reference | SM970076 |
Community |
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Principal area | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Milford Haven |
Postcode district | SA73 |
Police | Dyfed-Powys |
Fire | Mid and West Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
UK Parliament | |
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Hill Mountain (or Herson/Hearson Mountain) is a village in the community and parish (Church in Wales) of Burton, south Pembrokeshire, Wales. The population in 2011 was 673. [1]
The village is a scattered settlement of largely modern properties strung out along several minor roads in the triangle between Sardis, Llangwm and Houghton. Most of the land around the village is enclosed farmland. [2] The village has a cricket field and pavilion (listed as Houghton) where Burton Cricket Club play. [3]
While Hill Mountain existed as a settlement in the 19th century, there were fewer than ten properties. A pub, The Star, is marked on an early 20th century map [4] but no longer exists.
To the south of Hill Mountain Hearson Camp was established in 1914 for 1st Battalion, the Welsh Regiment's training. [5] The area was later returned to farmland. A scoping study of the site was carried out in 2014 by Dyfed Archaeological Trust to determine whether there was a case for archaeological study of this and other wartime sites in the county. The paper includes a contemporary War Office map of the village and sketch of the camp. [4]
Hill Mountain is in the parish (Church in Wales) of Burton. [6]
The chapel in the village is Wesleyan Methodist, established in 1815. [7]