Harbour walls, breakwater and locks at Burry Port

Comprising E and W docks, leading to an outer harbour, the entrance to which is protected by breakwaters. Construction is mainly of battered rubble stone with render, behind and above which is earlier vertical masonry. The E breakwater curves sharply inwards toward the harbour mouth and on the outer E side is a line of iron tub boats (Scheduled Ancient Monument Cm 268). On the long W breakwater is a line of thin stone slabs placed on edge to form a windbreak, and a harbour light.

New walls have been built between the breakwaters forming a harbour entrance. The outer harbour has a landing stage on the W side. The W dock has a lock at its entrance, of coursed freestone, with rebate for the lock gate and slots for stop gates. It is spanned by a modern footbridge. The dock itself is partly defined by rubble-stone walls on the N and E sides, but the remainder is mainly a bank composed of crushed copper slag. The E dock has a similar lock at its entrance. The N and part of the E dock wall are of rock-faced stone, the remainder is battered rubble stone, with a concrete stormwater outfall apron to the NE.