Cob embankment
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Cob embankment is a historic sea wall and causeway in Porthmadog, Wales, built to reclaim land from the sea and protect the town from flooding.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cob embankment canonical | 1 |
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
causeway
ⓘ
sea wall ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Porthmadog harbour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtFor | reclaiming land from the sea ⓘ |
| country |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
Wales ⓘ |
| crosses | Glaslyn estuary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enables | development of Porthmadog ⓘ |
| environment | tidal estuary ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
causeway
ⓘ
embankment ⓘ sea wall ⓘ |
| hasHeritageValue | true ⓘ |
| historic | true ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Porthmadog coastal defences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Gwynedd
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Porthmadog NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ Wales ⓘ |
| material |
earth
ⓘ
stone ⓘ |
| near |
Snowdonia National Park
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tremadog Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protects | Porthmadog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protectsFrom |
sea flooding
ⓘ
tidal inundation ⓘ |
| purpose |
flood protection
ⓘ
land reclamation ⓘ transport link ⓘ |
| region | North Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs |
railway embankment
ⓘ
road causeway ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.