Low Cleughs Bastle, 580m NNE of Low Leam Farm - List Entry
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Description
"....The monument includes the remains of a bastle, or defended medieval farmhouse, situated on a south-east slope of moorland on the edge of a small tributary of the River Rede. The structure, composed of roughly squared stone and surviving in original form to eaves level, is rectangular in shape, measuring 13.3m by 7.5m externally with walls 1.2m-1.4m thick. The upper gables have fallen and the bastle is roofless. Both the basement, or byre, and the first floor living area were entered through doorways in the long south side, placed one above the other; this is unusual in bastle construction where the normal entry to the byre is through a doorway placed in one of the gable ends....." -
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Further information
Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1008270
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Added by: Peter Smith
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