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Bastle, located 500 metres west of High Shaw in Northumberland, is a fortified farmhouse dating to the sixteenth or seventeenth century. The structure represents a characteristic response to the lawlessness of the Anglo-Scottish Border region during this period, when raiders and thieves posed a persistent threat to settled communities. The bastle form combined domestic and defensive functions, typically featuring a ground floor of stone construction designed for livestock or storage, with living quarters above, allowing occupants to secure both themselves and their animals within a single defensible structure. This example survives as a stone-built monument from an important phase of Northumbrian settlement history.
Bastle, 500m west of High Shaw is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009977. View the official record →
Bastle, located 500 metres west of High Shaw in Northumberland, is a fortified farmhouse dating to the sixteenth or seventeenth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009977.
Bastle, 500m west of High Shaw 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 1009977.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mote Hills motte and bailey castle (4.7 km), Defended settlement, 700m north of Overacres (5.2 km), Defended settlement, 470m south west of Haining (6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bastle, 500m west of High Shaw'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.
Bastle, 500m west of High Shaw stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, argillaceous rocks and subordinate sandstone, interbedded.