Fallowlees

Fallowlees Farm is located on the edge of Harwood Forest, about 5 miles south-west of Rothbury in Northumberland. Remains of ridge and furrow cultivation suggest there was a medieval settlement here.[1] By the current farm are the remains of Fallowlees Bastle, a fortified farmhouse. Fallowlees Farm is owned by the National Trust.

FALLOWLEES, a township, in the parish and union of Rothbury, W. division of Coquetdale ward, N. division of Northumberland, 5¾ miles (S.S.W.) from Rothbury; containing 7 inhabitants. This is a moorland township, situated north of the Roughlees burn. The lough called Fallowlees Lough, lies a little northward. The tithes have been commuted for 7s. 11d.

Extract from: A Topographical Dictionary of England comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, and townships..... 7th Edition, by Samuel Lewis, London, 1848.