What is recorded here
Port Eynon Bay features sandstone and limestone cliffs of Carboniferous age, formed around 300 million years ago through sedimentary deposition in a shallow marine environment. The area is notable for its coastal erosion dynamics and as a site of historical industrial activity, including coal and ironstone mining.
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Places near here
Beach at HortonBeach · 498 yd
Port Eynon Salt HouseSalt Works · 846 yd.jpg?width=1280)
The SalthouseVisitor information · 857 yd.jpg?width=1280)
Salt HouseRuins · 862 yd
Port Eynon Point - National TrustVisitor information · 1016 yd
Port EynonVillage · 1064 yd
Colony of Honeycomb Worms on Horton Beach, Port EynonBeach · 1087 yd
The Gower SocietyMonument · 1174 yd
Culver HoleCave · 1263 yd
Overton CliffCliff · 1.3 mi
Longhole CliffCliff · 1.4 mi
Longhole CaveCave · 1.5 miOther information
Photo: Kev Griffin · CC BY-SA 2.0