The small coastal town of Portman is located at the

western end of the Calblanque. Portman itself is nowadays extremely quiet, though this was not always the case. Portman was once a major Roman port, though due to extensive mining in the area over the last 2,000 years the once huge bay has now largely filled with silt deposits from the mines. Most mines have now ceased to operate, but over the centuries the surrounding hills which bear the scars of this activity have yielded large quantities of silver, tin, lead, iron, quartz and other minerals.
This image was taken from the area previously occupied by the 'La Chapa' coastal battery gun emplacement which played an active role in the Spanish Civil War and was dismantled only as recently as 1994. File 6744.