Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

Old Pier, NE Coast.

[Site list for year 1984]

Survey number: 555 Event number: 19840713/21 Date: 1984-07-13 GPS: 55.05586,-6.03051. Depth: 3.5 to 0.2 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: The location is a fairly narrow, moderately exposed basalt boulder shore which has the occasional limestone boulder and a belt of shingle at the extreme upper shore. It is situated just to the west of an old, ruined pier, on the corner of a 'headland'. Physically, the intertidal is much the same along its length, with medium and small boulders on top of pebbles which towards the lower shore are on top of coarse sand. The profile has a stepped appearance down the shore. The boulders may be residual of rubble brought in to form the foundation of the coast road many years ago. The middle and upper shores have a rather unstable environment as many of the boulders appeared to be turned over by wave action.

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