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Low Grains bastle is a fortified farmhouse located in Cumberland, England, dating to the sixteenth or seventeenth century. The structure exemplifies the bastle-house type, a defensive dwelling built by border communities in northern England to provide protection against raids and lawlessness during the turbulent period of Anglo-Scottish border conflicts. The building survives as a stone structure with characteristic features of the bastle form, including a vaulted ground floor designed for livestock shelter and secure storage, with domestic accommodation on the upper floor. Such structures represent an important phase in the military and domestic architecture of the border region, demonstrating how civilian populations adapted their living arrangements to the security threats they faced during this era of persistent cross-border raiding.
Low Grains bastle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015866. View the official record →
Low Grains bastle is a fortified farmhouse located in Cumberland, England, dating to the sixteenth or seventeenth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015866.
Low Grains bastle 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 1015866.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including RAF Spadeadam: British Oxygen Corporation Air Separation Plant (6 km), Romano-British farmstead and post-medieval farmstead at Watch Hill (7.8 km), Enclosure castle known as Triermain Castle (8.5 km).
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