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Bastle at Horneystead is a fortified farmhouse located in Northumberland, situated approximately 400 metres south-west of The Ash. The structure dates to the early modern period, likely the sixteenth or seventeenth century, when such defensible dwellings were constructed throughout the Anglo-Scottish border region to provide protection against raids and livestock theft. The bastle would have combined domestic quarters with a secure ground-floor store or refuge, a characteristic design of border fortifications intended for farming families requiring defensive capability whilst maintaining agricultural functions. The monument survives as a designated heritage asset, reflecting the distinctive architectural response of border communities to the insecurity that characterised the region prior to the union of the English and Scottish crowns.
Bastle at Horneystead, 400m south west of The Ash is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009674. View the official record →
Bastle at Horneystead is a fortified farmhouse located in Northumberland, situated approximately 400 metres south-west of The Ash. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009674.
Bastle at Horneystead, 400m south west of The Ash 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 1009674.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The vallum and early Roman road between the field boundary east of turret 34a and the field boundary west of milecastle 36 in wall miles 34, 35 and 36 (7.8 km), Stone circle, defended settlement, Romano-British farmstead and field system, Roman camp and group of shielings immediately south of Greenlee Lough (8.7 km), Housesteads fort, section of Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of milecastle 36 and the field boundary west of turret 37a in wall miles 36 and 37 (9.1 km).
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