AN ASSESSMENT OF THE SPECIAL HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST, CHARACTER AND APPEARANCE OF THE TRAWDEN FOREST CONSERVATION AREA FOR PENDLE BOROUGH COUNCIL Friends of Pendle Heritage Archaeological Group Pendle Heritage Centre, Park Hill Barrowford, Nelson January 2005 AN ASSESSMENT OF THE SPECIAL HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST, CHARACTER AND APPEARANCE OF THE TRAWDEN FOREST CONSERVATION AREA FOR PENDLE BOROUGH COUNCIL Friends of Pendle Heritage Archaeological Group Pendle Heritage Centre Park Hill Barrowford Nelson January 2005 Contact D J A Taylor Dip Arch PhD RIBA MIFA 2A Higham Road Padiham Burnley BB12 9AP Tel 01282 773666 E mail
[email protected] 1 Table of Contents Preface .........................................................................................................................4 Geology and Landscape .........................................................................................5 Suggested Conservation Area Boundary.........................................................12 Building Materials and their Sources ................................................................12 Extent of Loss and Intrusive Negative Factors...............................................12 Historical Background...........................................................................................13 Prehistory................................................................................................................13 Pre Norman Conquest..........................................................................................14