Cei Ballast
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Cei Ballast is the man-made island in front of Harbour Station. It is home to a number of wildlife species. (There may have been a sand bank there previously, but the size today is purely man-made)
It was created by the empty slate ships dumping their ballast before taking on a fresh load of slate. It became so large that a number of mooring berths were situated on its landward side.
In older maps it is marked as Lewis's Island - reason unknown at this time