Evistones medieval settlement, field system and three bastles

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History & significance

Evistones is a medieval settlement in Northumberland comprising the earthwork remains of a small nucleated village, an associated field system, and three stone-built bastles. The settlement and its open fields date primarily to the medieval period, whilst the bastles represent a later defensive development typical of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries when such fortified farmhouses were constructed throughout the Anglo-Scottish border region to protect livestock and inhabitants from raids. The site demonstrates the evolution of rural settlement and land use in upland Northumberland, with the physical remains showing the transition from communal medieval agriculture to the more dispersed, fortified pastoral economy of the early modern period. The monument survives as earthworks and standing stone structures that provide evidence for the long-term development of this frontier landscape.

Evistones medieval settlement, field system and three bastles is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016815. View the official record →

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