Helwick Sand, Glamorgan
Historical Description
Helwick Sand, a shoal in Bristol Channel, off the coast of Glamorgan, 3 miles S of Worms Head. It extends east-south-eastward, is 5f miles long, has in the middle from 3 to 5 fathoms water, and elsewhere from 1½ to 4 fathoms, and terminates at one end near the Portheinion rocks, at the other end near a floating light 38 feet high, moored at 16½ fathoms, and visible at a distance of 20 miles.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
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