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The ruined stone jetty of Jenny Brown’s Point was built to facilitate the construction of the copper smelt mill. It is difficult to imagine ships tying up against it, but at the time, in the late 18th century, the channel must have been deep enough. From the same point there is a ruined stone embankment which runs a considerable distance into the bay. This is a relic of an over-ambitious land reclamation scheme of 1873. It was intended to reclaim the marshes between Jenny Brown’s Point and Hest Bank, but the company ran out of funds and the scheme was abandoned. The embankment lay buried beneath the sand until 1977, when changes in the channel revealed it. Now it has been breached by the channel and is being destroyed.

Jenny Brown was a nanny who was drowned whilst saving her charges from the rising tide.

The road is a popular access point for motorists but with very limited parking space and even more awkward turning space. Behind is a long quarry, where stone was obtained for the breakwater. Round the corner, go onto the rocky shore, just before Brown’s Houses and reach the prominent chimney.