River Teign
|
near Newton Abbot, view direction of Haytor |
The
River Teign is a river in the
county of
Devon,
England.
Like many Devon rivers, the Teign
rises on
Dartmoor, near
Cranmere Pool. Its course on the moor is crossed by a
clapper bridge near
Teigncombe, just below the prehistoric
Kestor Settlement. It leaves the moor at its eastern side, flowing beneath
Castle Drogo in a steep-sided valley. It then flows southwards at the east edge of the moor. The river becomes tidal at
Newton Abbot, and reaches the
English Channel at
Teignmouth. Its
estuary is a large
ria.
The river lends its name to several places on the map in its thirty miles to the English Channel: Teigncombe,
Drewsteignton,
Teigngrace,
Kingsteignton,
Bishopsteignton, and finally Teignmouth.
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Rivers of the United Kingdom
