Salthouse
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

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