Porthclais lies at the western end of the St David’s peninsula in Pembrokeshire. It is a narrow inlet that has been used as a landing point for centuries. Documentary records attest to its use from at least the medieval period, and it is likely to have been used long before that. The shelter of the harbour has been increased by the addition of a breakwater across the mouth of the inlet. The breakwater was in use from at least the 1720s when it is recorded in historical sources. Although it became delapidated by the early 20th century, it was restored in the 1970s and is in the care of National Trust Wales and the Porthclais Harbour Authority.
The RCAHMW surveyed the breakwater on the 20th February 2023 with a combination of photogrammetry and laser scanning. Porthclais is listed in the National Monuments Record of Wales (NPRN34342) https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/34342. The work was undertaken as part of the CHERISH Project, to find out more visit our website:http://www.cherishproject.eu/en/
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