Llangenith Burrows and Burry Holms

Another new area - this time the beach infront of Llangennith Burrows to  Burry Holms and then round the corner ....lots of interest - especially at low tide. Good to see purple sandpiper too. 

Looking back towards Worms Head.

Plenty of shells - many necklace shells.

Sea-potato. 

Necklace shells and collars.

Lots of sand! 

Spectacular sea arch and ruined chapel. Reading about this site it was obviously quite important historically and was home to mesolithic hunters and housed an Iron Age fort.

Recent excavations conducted by the National Museum of Wales at Burry Holms uncovered numerous microliths – small stone tools including flint points and tiny saws characteristic of the Mesolithic period. Traces of birch bark tar, a sticky resin used as glue, were found on one flint point, indicating that the point may have been attached to a spear or harpoon. No such object had been found in Wales previously. (https://historypoints.org/index.php?page=burry-holms-gower) 

Cormorant; purple sandpipers and the cave we briefly sheltered in.

An abundance of mussels and dogwhelks. 

Looking back across the burrows.