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Bastle Ruins, Ray Demesne
Scheduled Monument (#1011107): Bastle, 100m south-west of Ray Cottages
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Although the bastle at Ray Cottages is now a ruin, the lower portions survive well and display several typical features. It will contribute to any study of the nature of settlement in the Border area during the turbulent 16th and 17th centuries.
The monument includes a medieval defended farmhouse or bastle, situated on a raised site within the grounds of Ray Castle. The structure, constructed of large roughly squared stone, is rectangular in plan and measures 8.3m by 6.4m externally. The walls which are 1.4m thick stand to a maximum height of 2.2m. There is a doorway in the east gable giving access to the basement. The first floor, of which there is now no trace, was supported on stone corbels which are visible in the west gable and the north and south walls.
from https://historicengland.org.u…
Bastle, 100m south-west of Ray Cottages - Scheduling
- Bastles are small thick-walled farmhouses in which the living quarters are situated above a ground floor byre. The vast majority are simple rectangular buildings with the byre entrance typically placed …
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Peter Smith
from https://historicengland.org.u…
Bastle, 100m south-west of Ray Cottages - Scheduling
- Bastles are small thick-walled farmhouses in which the living quarters are situated above a ground floor byre. The vast majority are simple rectangular buildings with the byre entrance typically placed …
Added by
Peter Smith
