ID: IM05 / Ralph Merry

TitleThe Changing Foreshore - talk by Ralph Merry
AbstractSlides from a talk given by Ralph Merry at Mersea Museum 14 March 2008.

For more on Fish traps, see Fish traps in the River Blackwater by Ron Hall

AuthorRalph Merry
Keywordsfish weirs
Published14 March 2008
SourceMersea Museum / Ralph Merry
IDIM05
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 Ralph Merry talk at Mersea Museum 14 March 2008. Title Page. 
 Cocum Hills off East Mersea  IM05_001
ImageID:   IM05_001
Title: Ralph Merry talk at Mersea Museum 14 March 2008. Title Page.
Cocum Hills off East Mersea
Date:Before March 2008
Source:Mersea Museum / Ralph Merry
 Nass Fish Weir, Spring 2004  IM05_002
ImageID:   IM05_002
Title: Nass Fish Weir, Spring 2004
Date:March 2004
Source:Mersea Museum / Ralph Merry
 Off Fen Farm, East Mersea.  IM05_003
ImageID:   IM05_003
Title: Off Fen Farm, East Mersea.
Date:Jan 2003
Source:Mersea Museum / Ralph Merry
 Tree stumps on the mud flats in the River Blackwater off East Mersea. Don Rainbird's feet. 
 Used in West Mersea Regatta Programme 2000 page 51. From a talk by Ralph Merry at Mersea Museum 14 March 2008.  IM05_004
ImageID:   IM05_004
Title: Tree stumps on the mud flats in the River Blackwater off East Mersea. Don Rainbird's feet.
Used in West Mersea Regatta Programme 2000 page 51. From a talk by Ralph Merry at Mersea Museum 14 March 2008.
Date:Before 2000
Source:Mersea Museum / Ralph Merry
 A unusual stone, discovered on the mud by Ralph Merry.  IM05_006
ImageID:   IM05_006
Title: A unusual stone, discovered on the mud by Ralph Merry.
Date:Before 1 March 2008
Source:Mersea Museum / Ralph Merry
 Fish trap or fish weir off Waldegraves, Mersea Island.  IM05_007
ImageID:   IM05_007
Title: Fish trap or fish weir off Waldegraves, Mersea Island.
Date:March 2003
Source:Mersea Museum / Ralph Merry
 Fish trap or fish weir off Seaview Avenue, West Mersea  IM05_008
ImageID:   IM05_008
Title: Fish trap or fish weir off Seaview Avenue, West Mersea
Date:March 2003
Source:Mersea Museum / Ralph Merry
 Location of fish weirs or fish traps in the Blackwater estuary  IM05_009
ImageID:   IM05_009
Title: Location of fish weirs or fish traps in the Blackwater estuary
Date:14 March 2008
Source:Mersea Museum / Ralph Merry
 Fish Weir or fish trap, River Blackwater  IM05_011
ImageID:   IM05_011
Title: Fish Weir or fish trap, River Blackwater
Date:Before 2008
Source:Mersea Museum / Ralph Merry
 Nass fish weir posts birch bark intact. SMR 9974. Samples of the timbers were taken for radiocarbon analysis and gave a date range of AD 664-882.  IM05_012
ImageID:   IM05_012
Title: Nass fish weir posts birch bark intact. SMR 9974. Samples of the timbers were taken for radiocarbon analysis and gave a date range of AD 664-882.
Date:January 2003
Source:Mersea Museum / Ralph Merry
 River Blackwater  IM05_014
ImageID:   IM05_014
Title: River Blackwater
Date:Before 2008
Source:Mersea Museum / Ralph Merry
 Cobmarsh Island with Packing Shed beyond. Devers.  IM05_015
ImageID:   IM05_015
Title: Cobmarsh Island with Packing Shed beyond. Devers.
Date:Before March 2008
Source:Mersea Museum / Ralph Merry
 River Blackwater  IM05_016
ImageID:   IM05_016
Title: River Blackwater
Date:Before March 2008
Source:Mersea Museum / Ralph Merry
 Red Hill, Thirslet Creek, River Blackwater. One of many in the area. The soil is a distinctive red colour, with pieces of broken pottery embedded in it.  IM05_017
ImageID:   IM05_017
Title: Red Hill, Thirslet Creek, River Blackwater. One of many in the area. The soil is a distinctive red colour, with pieces of broken pottery embedded in it.
Date:Before March 2008
Source:Mersea Museum / Ralph Merry
 Don Rainbird  IM05_018
ImageID:   IM05_018
Title: Don Rainbird
Date:Before March 2008
Source:Mersea Museum / Ralph Merry
 Cobmarsh Island with Packing Shed beyond  IM05_019
ImageID:   IM05_019
Title: Cobmarsh Island with Packing Shed beyond
Date:Before March 2008
Source:Mersea Museum / Ralph Merry
 River Blackwater  IM05_020
ImageID:   IM05_020
Title: River Blackwater
Date:Before March 2008
Source:Mersea Museum / Ralph Merry
 River Blackwater  IM05_021
ImageID:   IM05_021
Title: River Blackwater
Date:Before March 2008
Source:Mersea Museum / Ralph Merry
 Fish Trap or Fish Weir, River Blackwater  IM05_022
ImageID:   IM05_022
Title: Fish Trap or Fish Weir, River Blackwater
Date:Before March 2008
Source:Mersea Museum / Ralph Merry
 Devers hard, off Coast Road, West Mersea, between King's Hard and Fishermen's Hard.  IM05_023
ImageID:   IM05_023
Title: Devers hard, off Coast Road, West Mersea, between King's Hard and Fishermen's Hard.
Date:Before March 2008
Source:Mersea Museum / Ralph Merry
 Buzz'n Creek, West Mersea. Also known as Besom, Buzzan, Buzzon Fleet.  IM05_024
ImageID:   IM05_024
Title: Buzz'n Creek, West Mersea. Also known as Besom, Buzzan, Buzzon Fleet.
Date:Before 2008
Source:Mersea Museum / Ralph Merry
 Besom Creek. Smacks CK159 DOROTHY, CK213 BOADICEA, CK44 MAYFLOWER.  IM05_025
ImageID:   IM05_025
Title: Besom Creek. Smacks CK159 DOROTHY, CK213 BOADICEA, CK44 MAYFLOWER.
Date:c2007
Source:Mersea Museum / Ralph Merry
 Aerial view with West Mersea at the bottom. Cobmarsh Island on the left and Packing Shed Island in the centre. Source not known.  IM05_026
ImageID:   IM05_026
Title: Aerial view with West Mersea at the bottom. Cobmarsh Island on the left and Packing Shed Island in the centre. Source not known.
Date:c2004
Source:Mersea Museum / Ralph Merry
 Ralph's skiff. In Besom Creek, West Mersea  IM05_027
ImageID:   IM05_027
Title: Ralph's skiff. In Besom Creek, West Mersea
Date:Before March 2008
Source:Mersea Museum / Ralph Merry
 The seal - a regular visitor to West Mersea Regatta  IM05_028
ImageID:   IM05_028
Title: The seal - a regular visitor to West Mersea Regatta
Date:Before March 2008
Source:Mersea Museum / Ralph Merry
 Sunset - River Blackwater  IM05_029
ImageID:   IM05_029
Title: Sunset - River Blackwater
Date:Before March 2008
Source:Mersea Museum / Ralph Merry
 Ancient tree trunk in the mud off East Mersea. From talk by Ralph Merry at Mersea Museum 14 March 2008  IM05_PIC05
ImageID:   IM05_PIC05
Title: Ancient tree trunk in the mud off East Mersea. From talk by Ralph Merry at Mersea Museum 14 March 2008
Date:Before 2008
Source:Mersea Museum / Ralph Merry