 When the industrial activity ceased in the mid-twentieth century, the buildings were demolished and the site lay derelict.It has now been redeveloped as a golf course as part of the Llanelli Waterside regeneration plan.Machynys translates from the Welsh as "Monk's Island", and thus, local legend holds that the area was home to a monastery built by Saint Pyr in 513, although there is no concrete evidence of its existence.