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Porth Clais Quay

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 24759
Trust : Dyfed
Community : St Davids and The Cathedral Close
Unitary authority : Pembrokeshire
NGR : SM74242391
Site Type (preferred type first) : POST MEDIEVAL Quay
Status : Pembrokeshire Coast National Park

Summary :
L-shaped breakwater, stone built but heavily repaired with concrete. Original stone parapet wall has now almost gone. Murphy 1996


Sources :
DAT , 1990 , CR ,
Fenton,R , 1811 , A Historical Tour Through Pembrokeshire ,
George,B , 1964 , Pembrokeshire Sea - Trading Before 1900 - field studies ,
Lewis,S , 1833 , Topog Dict Wales ,
Murphy K , 1996 , Pembrokeshire Coastal Survey ,
NT Arch Survey , 1989 , Lower Treginnis and Porth Clais - South Wales ,
OS , 1906 ,

Events :
75082 : PORTH CLAIS QUAY, FIELD OBSERVATION, 1989 (year : 1989)
88389 : PORTH CLAIS QUAY, FIELD OBSERVATION, 1996 (year : 1996)

Related records
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Compiled date : 01-01-1950


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