Taw-Torridge Estuary
Natural History and Archaeology of the Taw-Torridge Estuary
Braunton Burrows, Northam Burrows, Archaeology of the Taw-Torridge Estuary| "Here is an excellent series of wildlife and nature guidebooks. They impress by their clarity - bold maps - and clear directions - as well as by the highly informative text, pleasant drawings and dramatic photographs. There is also a refreshing element of challenge to the reader. A delightful series, full of variety". (Interpretation Journal) |
Braunton Burrows
BRAUNTON BURROWS ECOLOGY TRAIL Janet Keene
ISBN 978-0-948444-30-2Thematic Trails 1996.
A5. 47 pages. 30 illust. £2.95
A combined reference book and trail designed for visitors seeking serious
explanation of this large unique dune environment which is now an International
Biosphere Reserve. The circular walk through this important sand dune system
includes a transect from the beach, through the fore-dunes, slacks, parabolic
dunes, grassland and woodland.
WILD
FLOWERS OF BRAUNTON BURROWS Mary Breeds 2004
48 pages, 210 mm X 210 mm. Over 140 colour photos of plants and Burrows
landscapes.£3.95
Braunton Burrows is one of the largest expanses of sand dunes in Britain.
This book is both an introduction to, and a celebration of, the unique rich
variety of plants that grow there. It is paradise for botanists because
of the great diversity of species and the rarity of many of them. It is
a pleasure to walk through these dunes, booklet in hand, to discover flowers
and plants that you have never seen before. This admirably illustrated book
neatly complements the exploration of the dunes set out in Janet Keene’s
Braunton Burrows Ecology Trail, see above.
| Locally you can buy Braunton Burrows Ecology
& The Cliffs of Saunton at: Braunton Tourist Information Centre, The Bakehouse Centre, Braunton, North Devon. EX33 1AA T: 01271-816700 and at Barnstaple Tourist Information Centre, The Square, Barnstaple Ex 32 8LN T: 01271 – 375000. |
Northam Burrows
NORTHAM
BURROWS, estuary environments by Janet and Peter Keene
ISBN 978-0-948444-33-3 Thematic Trails 1997. A5.
48 pages. 30 illust. £2.95
A three-mile circular walk examines a mosaic of estuary habitats including
pebble ridge, sand dunes, salt marsh and burrows pasture lands. The approach
stresses the interrelationships between ecology, landscape, coastal defence
and coastal management.
NORTHAM BURROWS, a decision-making exercise
by Peter Jollands.
Thematic Trails 1997. A5. 12 pages.
This booklet, designed for tutor use with the above trail, examines management
problems associated with Northam Burrows and includes an appropriate exercise
for visiting students. Free, on request, with any order
by post
or 10p via PayPal.
NORTHAM BURROWS, a mixture of memories and facts
by Philip Waters ISBN 978-1-895546-76-4 North
Devon Museum Trust. Appledore. £4
A5. 64 pages, 29 illustrations.
Northam Burrows including chapters on the Lords of the Manor, golf, freehold,
grazing, horse-riding, sea defences, potwallopers, salt water inundation.
This history is interspersed with the memories of Philip Waters, a local
resident of long-standing.
WESTWARD
HO! ECOLOGY TRAIL: beach sand-dune, salt marsh Janet Keene
ISBN 978-0-948444-02-9 Thematic Trails 1985. A5.
33 pages. 38 illustrations. £1.50
The circular route around Northam Burrows includes the slipway, beach, clay beds, pebble ridge,
sand-dunes, Greysands, the Skern, salt marsh and mud flats; returning to
Westward Ho! via the grasslands of Northam Burrows. The trail is suitable for both holiday
and school orientated use. It uses a question and answer approach with panels
for notes so may be regarded as an expendable booklet but it also lends
itself to multiple duplication. In a later Thematic Trails booklet, Northam
Burrows, estuary environments, the same author examines a wider a range
of issues of concern in this estuary landscape.
A FIELD GUIDE TO THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE TAW AND TORRIDGE ESTUARIES Chris Preece
ISBN 978-1-898546-98-3 Edward Gaskell 2008. A5 48 pages. 29 figures. £4.99
An introduction to some 44 archaeological sites of interest in the Taw-Torridge estuary, all usefully located on a clear centre-page map which also shows their relationship to both the Tarka Trail and the South West Coastal Path. The booklet describes, chronologically, an array of sites, beginning with the Late Mesolithic midden site on Westward Ho! beach, passing through post-medieval fish weirs on the Taw and onto wrecks and hulks of more modern times, ending with tantalising relicts of the Second World War.
| Locally you can buy most North Devon Thematic
Trails at: Bideford: Walter Henry’s Bookshop, 12 High Street. Bideford. EX39 2AE T: 01237 – 425727 Bideford: Burton Art Gallery, Museum & Tourist Information Centre Kingsley Rd, Bideford,EX39 2QQ T: 01237 - 471455 Northam Burrows Visitor Centre, Northam Burrows Country Park, Northam, Bideford EX39 1LY T: 01237-479708 Barnstaple Tourist Information Centre, The Square, Barnstaple EX32 8LN T: 01271 - 375000. Morthoe Heritage Centre, Cart Linhay. Morthoe Woolacombe. EX34 7DQ |