Structure Name: Evistones

Description:
 

Also known as Old Evistones. A multi-period group of several bastles and longhouses with walls over 1.5m thick, all ruined and centred on a green. The best preserved structure is the vault of a bastle, adapted in modern times for use as an animal pen. The walls of many of these buildings stand up to one metre high. The site is surrounded by ridge and furrow and the remains of farm buildings.
 

Extant: Yes

Legal Status: Scheduled Ancient Monument

Location: Evistones, NORTHUMBERLAND

Eastings: 383050m (view map)

Northings: 596770m (view map)

Position Accuracy: 10m

Positional Confidence: Absolute Certainty

Structure Types Identified: BASTLE, LONGHOUSE, PELE TOWER

Historical Background
 

Evistones was still inhabited in the late 17th century, and the reason for abandonment remains unknown. The overlapping of some structures indicates a settlement of more than one phase.
 

Chronology:

• 15TH CENTURY AD   Construction of the settlement at Evistones.
• 1693   Records suggest that Evistones was still inhabited as late as 1693.

References:

• Keys To The Past
• Northumberland SMR
• Pevsner, N., Richmond, I., Grundy, J., McCombie, G., Ryder, P. and Welfare, H. (2001) The Buildings of England: Northumberland. London, Penguin Books, p.343

The information displayed in this page has been derived from authoritative sources, including any referenced above. Although substantial efforts were made to verify this information, the SINE project cannot guarantee its correctness or completeness.

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