0 a low wall built out from the coast into the sea, to prevent the repeated movement of the waves from removing parts of the land
The actual flow of water acts as a groyne and helps to bank up the coastline.
Sea-walls were undermined, groynes disintegrated and the natural protection of sand and shingle could not be maintained.
There is no question about it; there are groynes and there will be groynes.
We do not know what sort of groynes to put up, or what sort of beach defences.
It needs the establishment of only one groyne to cause a different movement of shingle.
Should there not be a policy of using metal or concrete groynes rather than mahogany groynes?
I am not talking about a few new groynes, a few lorry loads of shingle and keeping the promenade in good repair.
In the last two years we shall have spent nearly £2 million on cliff stabilisation and beach and groyne repairs.
