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Survey Details for CRMRTGL068 - 2026-06-04

CRMRTGL068

Geological Landscape

Wharley Point

Carmarthenshire

2008-12-30

  • Level 1: Coastal
  • Level 2: Erosional coastline
  • Level 3: Rock cliff and shore

Monitoring

Q1 - Date of monitoring?

  • No Answer

Q1a - Monitoring undertaken by

  • No Answer

Q1b - Has this record been updated following monitoring work?

  • No Answer

Q1c - Change indicated by

  • No Answer

Q1d - What has changed?

  • No Answer

Q1e - Has the information ever been verified in the field?

  • No

Q2 - Does this area have a special or functional link with an adjacent area?

  • No

Description

Q3 - If Classification is "Other", specify here

  • Empty value

Q4 - What is the geographical and topographical character of this area?

  • Steep coastal slope with low rock cliff at base between Pentowy and Llansteffan castle and on the inside of the Taf-Towy confluence and estuary system. Shore narrow with sand locally.

Q4a - Where bedrock dominated, what is the dominant bedrock type?

  • Sedimentary

Q4b - Where bedrock dominated, what is the age that characterises the aspect area?

  • Silurian
  • Devonian

Q4c - Where bedrock dominated, what is the major rock lithogy (-ies)?

  • Siltstone
  • Mudstone

Q4d - Where drift dominated, what is the dominant drift deposit?

  • No Answer

Q4e - Where drift dominated, what is the major sediment that characterises the area?

  • No Answer

Q5 - What is the characteristic Level 3 component of the area?

  • Rock cliff and shore

Q6 - Which of the following is a significant contributor to the geological character of the area?

  • Stratigraphic formation(s)
    • Lower Old Red Sandstone 'Supergroup' / Millford Haven Group (part) [Silurian,Pridoli)-Devonian, Lochkovian], including Moors Cliff Formation [Upper Silurian (Pridoli) -?Lower Devonian (Lochkovian)] (including Chapel Point Calcretes Member (= 'Psammosteus Limestone'), Freshwater West Formation [Lower Devonian: Lochkovian].
  • Active processes
    • Coastal / estuarine.

Q7 - What additional subsidiary Level 3 components are notable?

  • No Answer

Q8 - What Level 4 components are notable in this area?

  • Cliff
  • Coastal slope

Q9 - What active geological and geomorphological processes are significant in this area?

  • Coastal / estuarine.
  • Empty value

Q10 - Are there components of significant hydrological importance?

  • Yes
    • Coastal / estuarine.

Q11 - Are there any pedological processes that are significant in the area or have had a landscape forming effect?

  • No

Q12 - Is there current mineral extraction?

  • No

Q13 - Has there been mineral extraction in the past?

  • Not known

Q14 - Are there SSSI/GCR sites here?

  • Yes
    • Cregiau Llansteffan (Llansteffan Cliffs) SSSI [Llansteffan GCR site (SN352101): Non-Marine Devonian].

Q15 - Are there geological SINC, 2nd tier, or RIGS sites in the area?

  • No

Condition

Q16 - Value

  • Outstanding
    • Includes GCR / SSSI features of national / international importance.

Q17 - Condition

  • Good
    • Rural area with no significant development.

Q18 - Trend

  • Constant
    • Rural area with no significant development.

Recommendations

Q19 - Existing management

  • Generally Appropriate

Q20 - Existing management remarks:

  • Rural area with no significant development.

Q21 - Principal management recommendations

  • Ensure that no features or natural systems of geological or geomorphological significance in the area are lost or damaged (e.g. due to development or forestry). Ensure that SSSI features are maintained in favourable condition by implementation of management plan.

Q22 - Guideline

  • Long Term
    • Ensure that no features or natural systems of geological or geomorphological significance in the area are lost or damaged (e.g. due to development or forestry).
  • Long Term
    • Ensure that SSSI features are maintained in favourable condition by implementation of management plan.

Tolerance To Change

Q23 - Are there any significant threats to the current integrity and condition of the Earth Heritage features of the area?

  • Not known

Aspect Area Boundary

Q24 - To what level was this information site-surveyed?

  • Level 3

Q25 - At 1:10,000, how much of the Aspect Area boundary is precise?

  • Most
    • Aspect Area boundaries surveyed at 1:10,000 using aerial photographs, mapped at 1:25,000.

Q26 - What baseline information source was used for Aspect Area boundary mapping?

  • Other
    • 1:50,000 British Geological Survey maps, 1:10,000 aerial photographs (as stereo pairs), OS 1:25,000 Landranger topographical maps.

Q27 - If OS Data was used, what was the scale?

  • 1:25,000

Q28 - What is the justification for the Aspect Area boundaries?

  • Top of coastal cliff / slope / MHW.

Evaluation

Q29 - Evaluation Criteria: Research Value

  • Outstanding
    • Includes GCR / SSSI features of national / international importance.

Q29a - Evaluation Criteria: Educational Value

  • Outstanding
    • Includes GCR / SSSI features of national / international importance.

Q30 - Evaluation Criteria: Historical Value

  • Outstanding
    • Includes GCR / SSSI features of national / international importance.

Q31 - Evaluation Criteria: Rarity / Uniqueness

  • Outstanding
    • Includes GCR / SSSI features of national / international importance.

Q32 - Evaluation Criteria: Classic Example

  • Outstanding
    • Includes GCR / SSSI features of national / international importance.

Q33 - Evaluation Criteria: Overall Evaluation

  • Outstanding
    • Includes GCR / SSSI features of national / international importance.

Q34 - Justification of overall evaluation

  • Includes GCR / SSSI features of national / international importance.

Bibliography

Q35 - Sources and additional assessments

  • ORDNANCE SURVEY 2005a., Explorer Map 177 (1:25, 000); INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES 1967, Sheet 229, 1:50,000 Geological Series; STRAHAN, A. et al. 1909, Memoirs of the Geological Survey (England and Wales), HMSO. BARCLAY, W.J. et al. 2005, Geological Conservation Review Series 231, JNCC.

Assessment

Q36 - Additional Assessments

  • None

Q37 - Additional Comments

  • Empty value