Structure Name: Black Middens Bastle

Description:
 

The surviving bastle is grouped with the remains of another bastle, a farmhouse dating to the 18th century, and the surrounding field system. The bastle is two storeys, with walls 4 feet thick and an exterior staircase leading to the upper entrance. The ground floor is currently used as an animal shelter and the roof has collapsed at some point in the last few decades.
 

Extant: Yes

Legal Status: Listed Building Grade II*, Scheduled Ancient Monument

Location: Shipley Shiels, NORTHUMBERLAND

Eastings: 377310m (view map)

Northings: 589990m (view map)

Position Accuracy: 10m

Positional Confidence: Absolute Certainty

Structure Types Identified: BASTLE

Chronology:

• 16TH CENTURY AD   Construction of bastle.
• 1700 - 1900   Two ground floor doorways widened and original doorway blocked. 1st floor doorway heightened by incorporation with a window.
• LATE 20TH CENTURY   Roof no longer in situ - either removed or fallen in.

Notes
 

Also known as Black Middings Bastle.
 

References:

• Images of England
• Keys To The Past
• Northumberland SMR

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