Sand diggers risk a collapse of cliffed dunes

WARNING signs have been placed at entrances to Cefn Sidan warning beach visitors if the risks of collapsing dunes.

Millions of tonnes of sand have been sheered off the beach’s dunes along eight miles of beach in the recent storm surges leaving sheer faces of cliffed dune ranging in height from 10 to 35ft.

Park manager Rory Dickinson said: “The beach is perfectly safe but we have put up signs asking people not to dig in the dunes because of the risk of collapse.

“Rangers have had to approach families warning them against digging in the dune faces and walking along the cliffed edge of the dunes.

“The dunes will erode to gentler slopes and we are mechanically creating slopes for boardwalk access to the beach where walkers have been left high and dry above the beach levels.”

Much of the sand was blown off Cefn Sidan up the estuary to Llanelli where eight-foot sand dune drifts blocked the North Dock car park at the Discovery Centre there on Sunday morning.

Rangers worked with mechanical diggers to clear the way for storm watchers who flocked to Llanelli promenade in their over the weekend thousands at the weekend.