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Taw/Torridge Estuary by Time team author Chris Preece.

Have you ever wondered , when walking on the beach at Westward Ho!  about the peat and clay mounds ? What is the identity and age of the shipwreck there? What about those lines of stakes visible at low tide in the estuary? Is there really any evidence for the story of a lost chapel in the sands at Braunton? These questions and many more are answered in a new publication, “A Field Guide to the Archaeology of the Taw and Torridge Estuaries” by local author and professional archaeologist, Chris Preece, who has appeared on C4’s ‘Time Team’.This is the first guide of its type in the country and details the sites of the estuary from the Mesolithic through to WWII. It is written for the general public and includes a map showing all the locations, as well as the Tarka Trail and South West Coast Path from which most sites can be accessed. The book describes the prehistoric sites  at Westward Ho!, the stone row at Yelland, the ‘Chapel of the Sands’ and the medieval shell midden on Braunton Burrows. It also includes the latest research on the fish weirs of the estuary .