Wycoller Monuments Project 4 – 26th February
For the first time, it didn’t rain (at least not much) and the sun even came out later on.
A place of mystery and wonder – "twixt Burnley and Clitheroe, Whalley and Colne"
For the first time, it didn’t rain (at least not much) and the sun even came out later on.
Owing to the most dramatic storm so far this winter, we were forced to cancel this one. Our next meeting is Wycoller Monuments Project 4 on 26th February.
Our second Wycoller Monuments conservation day started like the first…. with rain!
The first meeting of 2014 for the conservation group was a rainy affair, with a lot of time spent chatting away in Pepper Hill Barn with the park rangers. However, the four of us did manage to get out for a few hours to clear more of the trees growing on the archaeololgy at the …
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The archaeology group took some old fashioned film photos of Wycoller and Barrowford barns during Spring and early Summer. They used film because it captures the huge tonal range of barn interiors better than digital. Here is a selection of barns built in the 1600s and early 1700s.
The Hills and Moors There are some great hill walks across Pendle Hill or on any of the surrounding moors such as Great Hameldon which lies between Accrington and Burnley, Darwen Moor and Tower, south of Blackburn, and, Boulsworth Hill, east of Nelson. Experience the wind in you hair and the sound of the moorland …
Happy Christmas one & all, and a Merry New Year. Yesterday Dave Oyston (United Utilities) and I went up to the Cragg’s kiln dig site for probably the last time this year. The sun shone brightly and it was a joy to be there patching up the fencing and taking in the ever changing scenery. …
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The closing of much-loved museums and libraries and the end of the countryside service which manages the country parks like Wycoller and Spring Wood, this is possibly the worst piece of local heritage news one can imagine. Article here.
Here are the local heritage stories of the past month… Rossendale area… Rossendale rebranded The Valley of Distinction to draw in more tourists Hundreds enjoy day of Lancashire heritage at the Whitaker Community gives mixed response to rebrand of the Valley Rooley Moor wind farm plans refused Hundreds respond to survey on Rawtenstall bus station …
As the new Sawley Hall is going up not so far away, English Heritage is continuing its much more modest conservation activities at the Abbey. Here, the ancient walls have mostly lost their outer layers leaving very soft crumbly masonry exposed to the elements. The conservators are carefully re-pointing in soft lime mortar and using …
We normally excavate once or twice a year. Our current site concerns an ancient settlement called Craggs which lieson the slopes of Pendle Hill above the village of Sabden. Other excavations, include a medieval bloomery (iron smelting furnace) at Sabden Fold in Goldshaw Booth, just north of Burnley and a Georgian hot house in …
Here is a selection of May’s heritage stories… Clitheroe launches new town trail New Great War book looks at village of Earby Whalley Abbey: well worth a visit this summer How the Civic Trust saved Burnley Wood School Haworth Art Gallery Stables set to become art studio Wycoller is a real gem to visit
Just to update people, the report on Bracken Hill Barn, Wycoller, nr. Colne is now being being written and will be published shortly. On 18th June and 2nd July we have two survey days to make further progress. In addition to the barns sheephouses will also be surveyed.
Friday evening’s ‘Four Spring Talks’ was a relaxed and very enjoyable time. Alex Whitlock got things off to a good start with a fascinating overview of the pre-historic stone tools found in recent years in the Wycoller area, most of which are of Mesolithic date. Paul Hickman continued the archaeological theme by descibing four digs …
After more than 21 years as Wycoller Country Park Warden, Peter Short has decided to take early retirement.
Pendle Heritage is about the heritage of the old Hundred of Blackburn, also known as Blackburnshire. Stretching from Blackburn in the west to Colne in the east, Clitheroe in the north to Rawtenstall in the south, its towns and countryside are built on five centuries of clothmaking and a thousand years of cattle and sheep …
Pendle Heritage seeks to conserve the Pendle area through heritage advice and writing trails and volunteering. Over the years we have helped owners and enthusiasts with heritage information and advice. We have helped to conserve historic Wycoller and interpret the clothiers houses, weavers cottages, packhorse bridges, ancient stone gate posts and walls for visitors.