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Brooks Farm packhorse bridge is a stone bridge located in Lancashire that dates to the medieval period. The structure exemplifies the type of narrow, arched crossing built to facilitate the movement of packhorses and their goods across watercourses, a critical transport method before the development of modern roads. Packhorse bridges of this era were essential infrastructure for trade networks connecting Lancashire's upland communities with market towns and ports. The bridge's stonework and engineering reflect typical medieval construction practices for such utilitarian structures.
Brooks Farm packhorse bridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005105. View the official record →
Brooks Farm packhorse bridge is a stone bridge located in Lancashire that dates to the medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005105.
Brooks Farm packhorse bridge is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1005105.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bleasdale Circle enclosed Bronze Age urnfield (1.1 km), Round cairn on Parlick Pike (3.1 km), Claughton hlaew in Sandhole Wood (6.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Brooks Farm packhorse bridge's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Brooks Farm packhorse bridge stands on Bowland High Group And Craven Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.