Harbour Walls, Pier, Quay And Slips

ST KEVERNE COVERACK SW 71 NE 7/121 Harbour Walls, Pier, Quay and Slips (formerly listed 15 1 70 as Harbour quay) GV II Pier with inscribed stone 'T Ellis 1724' and later extended. Rubble serpentine with granite dressings, changing direction at an obtuse angle to enclose a shallow harbour that dries out at low tide. On inside of pier a pair of integral stone steps and over seaward side a shelter wall with a later rubble seat in the inner side. The harbour is bounded in part by low natural rock faces and in part by rubble retaining walls and quay. A stone rubble slipway curves down from the west jetty into the harbour. A later slipway runs down to the harbour from the south. Source: Industrial Archaeology of Cornwall A C Todd and Peter Laws, 1972

Listing NGR: SW7849418217