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Stonehouse Tower is a bastle, a fortified farmhouse type characteristic of the Anglo-Scottish border region, located in Cumberland. Dating to the sixteenth or seventeenth century, the structure represents the defensive architecture necessitated by the endemic raiding and lawlessness of the period in the western Borders. The tower displays the typical compact, thick-walled construction designed to provide secure refuge for inhabitants and livestock during border incursions. Such bastles were prevalent in Cumberland and Northumberland during this period, serving as practical expressions of the need for combined domestic and military functionality in an unstable frontier landscape.
Stonehouse Tower bastle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019530. View the official record →
Stonehouse Tower is a bastle, a fortified farmhouse type characteristic of the Anglo-Scottish border region, located in Cumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019530.
Stonehouse Tower 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 1019530.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Whisgills, long cairn and standing stones 2230m W of (4.8 km), Carby Hill,settlement (4.8 km), Ettleton Cemetery, tombstones (6 km).
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