Tagged: Coastal Defences

Barge moored offshore from Borth 2

Barge for Borth Sea Defences

The barge that is carrying 21,000 tonnes of rock for the Borth Sea Defences is still moored about 5km offshore from Borth. We can see it on the horizon. There is a also smaller barge with it that will be ferrying in loads of rock at each high-tide (wind and waves permitting) and dropping them off...

Borth Sea Defence Scheme 4

Borth Sea Defences

Work has begun on the new Sea Defence Scheme in Borth so we took a walk there at the weekend to see what was happening. The plans are to build several large rock groynes perpendicular to the water line in place of the existing wooden groynes, along with 6 large fish-tail shaped breakwaters further down...