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A lerret is a type of rowing boat designed for use off the Chesil Beach in Dorset. It is of wooden, clinker construction and varied in size, depending on the number of oars – the largest would have up to eight. It was primarily used for fishing but, in emergencies, lerrets would be used as lifeboats.
Chiswell was established predominantly as a fishing community alongside the pebble bank of Chesil Cove. [2] The settlement dates back to Roman times when it was known as "Coesl". [1] A small tidal creek known as the Mere formerly reached Chiswell, but it progressively silted up as the settlement expanded around it. [2]
Chesil Beach is a popular location for sea angling, with access at Chiswell, Ferry Bridge, Abbotsbury, Cogden, Burton Bradstock and West Bay. Angling is also allowed in the lower Fleet from the shore. Commercial fishing, which often involved seine nets, has now virtually disappeared from Chesil Beach compared with the level of activity a ...
The Chesil Bank ward covers the villages along the Chesil Beach coast and Bride Valley in rural West Dorset. [2] It is composed of the civil parishes of Abbotsbury , Burton Bradstock , Chilcombe , Fleet , Kingston Russell , Langton Herring , Littlebredy , Litton Cheney , Long Bredy , Portesham , Puncknowle , Shipton Gorge .
Chesil Beach and Portland Harbour are used regularly for angling, scuba diving to shipwrecks, snorkelling, canoeing, and swimming. [97] The limestone cliffs and quarries are used for rock climbing ; Portland has areas for bouldering and deep water soloing, however sport climbing with bolt protection is the most common style. [ 98 ]
The local fishermen, particularly at Portland, developed a purpose-built vessel to withstand the sea actions at Chesil Beach. The boat, known as a Lerret, is a double-ended open fishing boat, used for seine net fishing. [13] The 18th-century public house The Cove House Inn remains one of Portland's most popular pubs and is Grade II Listed.
The Frome has suffered a dramatic decline in the run of salmon in recent years. In 1988 over 4000 fish ran the river, by 2004 the run had fallen to 750 fish. The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust is carrying out research at its Salmon & Trout Research Centre at East Stoke into the decline of Atlantic Salmon to understand the causes and how to reverse the decline.
The Axe Estuary near Axmouth. The River Axe is a 22-mile (35 km) long river in the counties of Dorset, Somerset and Devon, in the south-west of England.It rises in Dorset and flows south to Lyme Bay which it enters through the Axe Estuary in Devon.