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Bastle immediately east of Mortley is a fortified farmhouse of late medieval date located in Northumberland. The structure represents the defensive domestic architecture characteristic of the Anglo-Scottish border region, where raids and lawlessness necessitated fortification of rural settlements. The bastle form, consisting of a stone-built dwelling with a vaulted lower storey for livestock and living quarters above, exemplifies the practical response of borderland communities to persistent security threats during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The monument survives as a significant example of vernacular military architecture adapted to the particular circumstances of the Anglo-Scottish frontier.
Bastle immediately east of Mortley is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021285. View the official record →
Bastle immediately east of Mortley is a fortified farmhouse of late medieval date located in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021285.
Bastle immediately east of Mortley 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 1021285.
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 (8 km), Stone circle, defended settlement, Romano-British farmstead and field system, Roman camp and group of shielings immediately south of Greenlee Lough (9.2 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 (9.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bastle immediately east of Mortley'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 immediately east of Mortley stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, argillaceous rocks and subordinate sandstone, interbedded.