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Bastle at Low Leam Farm is a seventeenth-century defensive farmhouse located in Northumberland, England. The structure represents a characteristic example of the bastle type, a fortified dwelling built during the period of Anglo-Scottish border conflict and cattle raiding. Bastles typically featured a vaulted ground floor for livestock protection and living quarters above, a design that combined agricultural function with defensive necessity. This monument reflects the practical adaptations required by border communities facing persistent threats to their property and security during the early modern period.
Bastle at Low Leam Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008269. View the official record →
Bastle at Low Leam Farm is a seventeenth-century defensive farmhouse located in Northumberland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008269.
Bastle at Low Leam Farm 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 1008269.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hut circle, 420m north west of High Carry House (6.9 km), Two round cairns, 220m south west of Pittland Hills (7 km), Romano-British farmstead, 650m west of High Cowden Cottage (7.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bastle at Low Leam Farm'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 at Low Leam Farm stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, argillaceous rocks and subordinate sandstone, interbedded.