The falls is mainly divided into three sections and can be reached with the help of rafts known as coracles. |
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The timber was accompanied on its way by men in coracles who then walked the 40 miles back from the sea. |
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At Tim's house, a remote fishing lodge on the upper reaches of the river, the coracles were carried down to the water's edge. |
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He saw one of my handmade laundry baskets, and he remarked that it reminded him of a miniature version of the boats, or coracles, his uncle once had built in Ireland. |
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The great thing about the coracles is that if you do hook a big fish that takes you down rapids you can go after them by boat, rather than simply jumping in and swimming! |
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Sixth century monks in leather coracles knew this, so too did Vikings of the 9th and 10th centuries and Gaeilc-speaking descendants in galleys and birlinns. |
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Eustace had a wider market for his coracles than any coracle-maker before him. |
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From Hampi, round, flat-bottomed boats called coracles ferry people across the river to a rocky jetty, but that is only the beginning of the trip to the Anjanadri temple. |
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The suspended flotilla includes modern powerboats, yachts and coracles. |
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In the winters he keeps busy making model coracles, a foot in diameter which he presents as gifts. |
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In the river valleys Welsh fishermen used coracles until quite recently. |
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Until the 1970s gufas huge circular coracles of basketwork, coated with bitumen and capable of carrying up to 20 passengers were in regular use in the vicinity of Baghdad. |
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They fished with coracles, a type of boat still used in Wales today. |
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Currachs were probably the most common seagoing craft, and on inland waters dugouts and coracles were used. |
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Historically, the rivers Wye, Teme and Lugg were navigable but the wide seasonal variations in water levels mean that few craft larger than canoes and coracles are now used. |
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Coracles are paddled, or more correctly sculled, not to the stern but rather toward the bow using a figure-eight stroke. |
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