Coracle

A coracle is a small, lightweight, roughly round or oval boat built from a woven wooden frame, traditionally willow, covered with animal hide and later with tarred canvas or calico, historically used on rivers in Wales, Ireland and parts of Scotland, with related traditional designs also documented in parts of Asia including Vietnam, India and Tibet. Propelled by a single paddle worked in a figure-eight motion from the front of the boat, coracles were traditionally used for river fishing, especially netting salmon and sea trout, and small numbers are still built and used for traditional fishing on a few Welsh rivers today, making the coracle one of the longer-surviving traditional small-boat designs in the British Isles.