Ballast Cove

Ballast Cove is shown as a bay on the public map of South Hams. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.

Ballast Cove consists primarily of Cretaceous-age limestone, formed from the accumulation of marine sediments in a shallow tropical sea. The area is notable for its well-preserved fossil content and the role such limestone formations historically played in local building and maritime industries.