Crow Rock

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Crow Rock is a rock located off of Linney Head, Pembrokeshire, in west Wales. The area is considered to be a good diving location because of its marine life and shipwrecks. [1] Crow Rock is not more than 20 feet wide. [2] The rock lies south of Stackpole and Castlemartin community, the most southerly in Pembrokeshire. [3]

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Wrecks

Crow Rock has been the site of numerous reports of shipwreck, but only one has been confirmed by remains. [4]

Confirmed by evidence

Unconfirmed precise location

The following losses took place at or near Crow Rock, but evidence of the wrecks has not been confirmed by diving:

Marine life

The area around Crow Rock has exposed limestone reefs with rocky outcrops and gullies. Surveys in the 2010s reported the shallows to be covered in kelp and red algae and on the rock faces more than 20 species of sea squirt and 20 species of sea sponge were recorded. In 2016, a 'pink' candy striped flatworm (Prostheceraeus roseus) was spotted, the first to be the recorded in the UK, and in 2019 a curled octopus (Eledone cirrhosa) was recorded. [11] [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Visit Pembrokeshire: Scuba Diving" . Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  2. ↑ Sailing directions for the British channel. Edward James Bedford. p.  58 . Retrieved 20 November 2018. Crow Rock Linney Head.
  3. ↑ Ordnance Survey
  4. ↑ "Coflein: Crow Rock" . Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  5. ↑ "Balholm (240969)". Coflein. RCAHMW . Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  6. ↑ "Berkeley Castle (273336)". Coflein. RCAHMW . Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  7. ↑ "Elizabeth and Hannah (272783)". Coflein. RCAHMW . Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  8. ↑ "Catherine (272945)". Coflein. RCAHMW . Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "Amelia (240332)". Coflein. RCAHMW . Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  10. ↑ "Tormes (273091)". Coflein. RCAHMW . Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  11. ↑ "Seasearch Wales 2016 Summary Report" (PDF). pp. 3, 9. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  12. ↑ "Seasearch South and West Wales 2019 Summary Report" (PDF). p. 22. Retrieved 5 August 2024.

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