Denmark's first churches from the 9th century were built of timber and have not survived.
Incorporated as a borough in 1840 and as a city in 1870, Lock Haven prospered in the 19th century largely because of timber and transportation.
In the boats' heyday, during the 17th and 18th centuries, several hundred worked the waterways, ferrying cargoes of timber, walnuts, charcoal and grain to the Atlantic ports before returning with fish, spices, wine and salt.
Large-scale cattle grazing and the clear-cutting of timber in the 19th century, followed by decades of dutiful suppression of natural wildfires, have conspired to produce thickets of highly combustible pines all over the region.
In addition, the material to construct the forts was substantial, estimated at 1 million cubic feet (28,315 m3) of timber during the 1st century.
The 12th-century castle was built primarily of timber with at least some stone in its design, but this stone was then reused when the castle was rebuilt in the 13th century.
The once-sleepy fishing village now has nightlife, restaurants and charming streets of 19th-century timber houses, plus a dark-sand beach for satisfying sunset-over-the-Pacific views.
This is evidenced by the continual maintenance of timber castles over long periods, sometimes several centuries; Owain Glyndŵr's 11th-century timber castle at Sycharth was still in use by the start of the 15th century, its structure having been maintained for four centuries.
Any buildings or defences would probably have been of timber, although two stone buildings are documented as having existed in the 12th century.
It included remains of timber buildings and streets, and is now believed to date back to the 1st Century.
