Minor Point

Coastal Feature, Headland, Point in Glamorgan

Wales

Minor Point

Rocks on west end of Burry Holms Burry Holms is a small island, barely separated from the mainland. There was supposed to have been a fort on the flat top at the west end but there it is no longer evident. — Rocks on west end of Burry Holms Credit: Nigel Davies

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Minor Point Images

Images are sourced within 2km of 51.614551/-4.29844 or Grid Reference SS4093. Thanks to Geograph Open Source API. All images are credited.

Rocks on west end of Burry Holms

Burry Holms is a small island, barely separated from the mainland. There was supposed to have been a fort on the flat top at the west end but there it is no longer evident.

Nigel Davies

Sheep on the west end of Burry Holms

This is the only sheep on the island. When the tide comes in the farmer is going to need a boat to get it back.

Nigel Davies

Caer bentir Burry Holms / Burry Holmes promontory fort

Clawdd a ffos yn amddiffyn ochr ddwyreiniol caer bentir Ynys Burry Holms. Mae'r gaer yn dyddio o'r Oes Haearn. Rampart and ditch defending the vulnerable eastern end of the Iron Age promontory fort on Burry Holms island.

Alan Richards

View of the Gower Peninsula from Mynydd y Garreg

As suggested by SN4308 : Interpretation Board on Mynydd y Garreg here is a view of the Gower. Burry Holms is the closest visible island with Worm's Head behind.

Nigel Davies

Burry Holms

Parked at the end of Burrows Lane before the entrance to the caravan park, then walked down the track towards the beach with Colin Crawford. The flora on the dunes was stunning. Easy crossing on mainly sand to Burry Holms for our second tidal island of the morning. Name: Burry Holms Hill number: 15919 Height: 30m / 98ft Parent (Ma/M): none Section: 32B: Carmarthen to Vale of Neath County/UA: Swansea (UA) Island: Mono Tump island Maritime Area: South Wales - Carmarthen Bay Class: Tump (0-99m), SIB Grid ref: SS 39864 92606 Summit feature: no feature: grass Drop: 30m Col: Sea

Rude Health

Winter sunset from Burry Holms

john bristow

Bury Holmes

Accessible to the mainland at low tide

Deborah Tilley

The western end of Burry Holms

Looking out onto Carmarthen Bay.

Bill Boaden

Burry Holms

Looking towards Rhossili Bay and Worm's Head.

Bill Boaden

Path back to the mainland

On Burry Holms, with the path towards the mainland, though it still has to cross a bit of beach.

Bill Boaden

Burry Holms

The coast and rocks exposed at low tide at the end of Burry Holms.

Helen

Approaching storm

Rain clouds approaching Burry Holms.

Alan Hughes

Approaching storm

Storm in the Loughor estuary, around Burry Holms.

Alan Hughes

Rhossili Bay

Five km away at the northern tip of Rhossili Bay lies Burry Holms.

Alan Hughes

Burry Holms - Cloudscape

Big skies over Rhossili Bay seen from the south.

Colin Smith

Burry Holms

Limestone headland at the north end of Rhossili Bay seen from about midway on the beach.

Colin Smith

View northwards from the footpath below Llanmadoc Hill

The footpath here follows the edge of the hillside and its open moorland and looks down over fields towards one of several static caravan parks in this area of Gower. Wonderfully sited, they all back major beaches. This one is near Broughton Bay.

Jeremy Bolwell