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| Barnstaple - Webcam, Heritage Trail, Tarka Trail, Barnstaple Fair |
 | | Barnstaple, the town on the Taw, is positioned on the first safe fording of the tidal river, six miles from the sea. |
 | | Barnstaple was built on the northern shore of the Taw, as the southern side was apt to flood on the spring tide. |
 | | The motte and bailey castle was erected over a Saxon graveyard on the western side of the town, thereby commanding the Saxon town to the east, the river crossings of the Taw to the south, the Yeo to the north. |
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