OS 2nd edition 25in mapping show a track running across the beach, west-east and rounding point to cross Traeth Dyrryn. Suggesting that this beach was used for beaching and offloading vessels and for Aberporth's small fishing fleet. Admiralty Sailing Directions dating to 1870 confirm that coal and limestone were occasionally discharged on these beaches - ' the bay derives some protection from that head (Pen Cribach) in westerly winds'.

Sources include:
Admiralty, 1870, Sailing Directions for the West Coast of England from Milford Haven to the Mull of Galloway including the Isle of Man, pg33
NAW Aerial Photography 2006-9
OS 1st editon 25in mapping

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, August 2014.