North West Water's Forest of Bowland Estate, Lancashire. Archaeological Survey Report

At the request of North West Water Ltd (NWW), Lancaster University Archaeological
Unit (LUAU) submitted a Project Design for an archaeological identification survey of the
NWW Forest of Bowland estate in accordance with a brief produced by Gifford and
Partners.
A desk top study assimilated the results of all archaeological work undertaken in the area
to date and presented the summary documentary evidence for the development of the
landscape. The field work comprised an identification survey of 88 sqkm of the NWW
estate which excluded Stocks reservoir and Gisburn forest; it was undertaken between 8th
January and 15th May. The sites were identified by systematic field walking and were
located by use of GPS survey equipment. The digital results of the survey were combined,
on a CAD system, with digitised topographic detail. A gazetteer of all archaeological sites
was also compiled.