Gower Heritage Coast
Salthouse
In the middle of the pic is the Salthouse at Port-Eynon , with the main beach
beyond and Sedgers Bank to the right .
For 50 years , from the mid 16th century , these buildings were used as a Saltworks.
Seawater was pumped from storage tanks and heated in pans to evaporated
the water and leave the salt .
The buildings were later used by Quarrymen and Oyster Fishermen
until abandoned in the 1900's.
Recently conserved, it remains a unique example of a 16th century coastal saltworks.
Sedgers Bank is the only remnant of the sand bar that once enclosed
a now extinct salt marsh at Port Eynon.
Ref: 11300
Date: 19/02/2013
Location: SS 467 843
