tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7220847853817260213.post3676472947418799143..comments2007-02-15T15:34:05.725ZEuphoria Sailing Ltdnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7220847853817260213.post-28410172972326795062007-02-15T15:04:00.000Z2007-02-15T15:04:00.000ZWARNING TO SURFERS<BR/><BR/>From the South Wales Evening Post<BR/><BR/>10:30 - 15 February 2007<BR/>Fears that part of a ship wreck may have become exposed on a Gower beach could be wrong.Metal posts which have become exposed at a popular surfing beach are now thought most likely to be fortifications dating back to the Second World War.<BR/><BR/>Surfers raised the alarm about the obstacles at Llangennith which, although visible at low tide, are hidden under water as the sea comes in.<BR/><BR/>Initially it was thought they may be the top of a ship, but wreck expert Jim Phillips has now ruled that out.<BR/><BR/>He believes they are rail tracks sunk into concrete, buried below the sand.<BR/><BR/>Mr Phillips said they were likely to date back 65 years.<BR/><BR/>Mr Phillips, who has researched many shipwrecks around the Swansea and Gower coast, said many such constructions were placed on the beach during the war.<BR/><BR/>He said they were used both as obstacles for invading forces and for British servicemen to practise with explosives.<BR/><BR/>"The surf has moved the sand which has exposed them," he said.<BR/><BR/>Mr Phillips said they were covered in dead plant and shell life which suggested they had been exposed before.<BR/><BR/>"The sand could shift again and cover them tomorrow or they may stay exposed for a long time to come," he added.<BR/><BR/>"They will have to be removed - they are a danger if you don't know they are there," he added.<BR/><BR/>He said that, at low tide, they were protruding about 18in. They are close to the main footpath from the car park.<BR/><BR/>Richard Dallimore, of Llangennith Surf, said they could cause someone a serious injury, and added: "The posts are in the busiest area where everyone ends up."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7220847853817260213.post-2916144733460036962007-02-15T14:53:00.000Z2007-02-15T14:53:00.000ZWith predicted rising sea levels expected to erode the sand dunes in Gower, surely it is time to stop dredging sand off the Helwick bank. The evidence of erosion is already here, especially in Port Eynon and to a lesser extent in Oxwich. I remember the beaches from the second world war, and the level of the dunes and sand on the beaches has definitley fallen. Stop this insane dredging before it is too late!<BR/>Keith Evans , Taunton SomersetAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com