Their tongues were drawn
out and held with sharpened sticks
thrust through them and they had been
docked of their ears and their torsos were sliced open with flints until the entrails hung down their chests.
A bit
of research (i.e. messing about in sites) turned up a plethora
of words to describe land or landish material
thrust out into the water: jetty, wharf, pier,
dock, quay, mole, breakwater, ness, naze....