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Survey Details for CRMRTGL216 - 2026-06-10

CRMRTGL216

Geological Landscape

Burry Port - Llanelli (N)

Carmarthenshire

2008-12-30

  • Level 1: Man-made
  • Level 2: Man-made
  • Level 3: Engineered features and reclaimed / infilled land

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?

  • Very gently sloping coastal platform intensively developed as Burry Port and continuing eastwards to Llanelli. Includes level drift filled valley floors to N also. Feature mainly formed of glacial deposits, especially clays (Quaternary: Pleistocene).

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

  • No Answer

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

  • No Answer

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

  • No Answer

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

  • Glacial

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

  • Boulder clay/till

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

  • Engineered features and reclaimed / infilled land

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

  • Superficial deposits
    • Glacial/ fluvioglacial deposits dominate, mainly till, minor glacial/ fluvioglacial sand and gravel (QUATERNARY: PLEISTOCENE)
  • Active processes
    • stream
  • Past processes
    • Glacial/ fluvioglacial

Q7 - What additional subsidiary Level 3 components are notable?

  • No Answer

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

  • Urban / industrial development
  • Engineered topography

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

  • stream
  • Empty value

Q10 - Are there components of significant hydrological importance?

  • Yes
    • stream

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?

  • No

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

  • No

Condition

Q16 - Value

  • Low
    • Area highly modified by urban / industrial development.

Q17 - Condition

  • Poor
    • Area highly modified by urban / industrial development.

Q18 - Trend

  • Constant
    • Area highly modified by urban / industrial development.

Recommendations

Q19 - Existing management

  • Generally Inappropriate

Q20 - Existing management remarks:

  • Area highly modified by urban / industrial 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).

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).

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?

  • Break of slope at edge of developed drift platform and base of valley sides / escarpment above.

Evaluation

Q29 - Evaluation Criteria: Research Value

  • Low
    • Area highly modified by urban / industrial development.

Q29a - Evaluation Criteria: Educational Value

  • Low
    • Area highly modified by urban / industrial development.

Q30 - Evaluation Criteria: Historical Value

  • Low
    • Area highly modified by urban / industrial development.

Q31 - Evaluation Criteria: Rarity / Uniqueness

  • Low
    • Area highly modified by urban / industrial development.

Q32 - Evaluation Criteria: Classic Example

  • Low
    • Area highly modified by urban / industrial development.

Q33 - Evaluation Criteria: Overall Evaluation

  • Low
    • Area highly modified by urban / industrial development.

Q34 - Justification of overall evaluation

  • Area highly modified by urban / industrial development.

Bibliography

Q35 - Sources and additional assessments

  • 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. BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 2003a, Sheet 246, ORDNANCE SURVEY 1998b, Explorer Map 178 (1:25, 000); ARCHER, A.A. 1968, Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain (England and Wales), (Sheets 229 pt, 230, 246), HMSO.

Assessment

Q36 - Additional Assessments

  • None

Q37 - Additional Comments

  • Additional Level 4 features include: Stream