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(c)
1983
Rock revetment
Dune blowout
Palisade fences
3.5 m yr
−
1
N
Wooden
groynes
0
Km
2
'Private' dune
stabilization
0.8 m yr
−
1
Rosslare
Strand
Point source of beach
nourishment
Wooden groynes
(derelict)
Rip
rap
Rail link
Rosslare
Harbour
Case Fig. 8.2
(c) History and
distribution of coastal protection works
constructed in response to coastal
erosion. (After Orford 1988.)
(d) Reclamation in Wexford harbour
showing initial intertidal area and post-
reclamation area. The marked reduction
in tidal prism was associated with major
changes at the inlet and adjacent coast.
(After Orford 1988.)
Sea
wall
0.3 - 0.6 m yr
−
1
<1.4 m yr
−
1
<0.4 m yr
−
1
(d)
(i) 1845
(ii) 1958
60
180
N
Reclaimed
Training
walls
WEXFORD
WEXFORD
60
Intake
Land
Reclaimed
Rosslare
Harbour
Intertidal Flats
Old Embankment
Railway Line
180
60
180
60
