Remains of bastle at Rattenraw
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Description
"The ruins of a post-medieval bastle stand overlooking the River Rede at Rattenraw. Only two walls survived when it was recorded in the 1950s, the north-west and north-east, but the north-west one suffered a collapse in the 1970s. The walls are built of massive stones and were probably about 1.6m thick originally, the building measuring about 8.5m long by 7m wide. Parts of two walls of the bastle are incorporated into a later field wall. Keys to the Past: http://www.keystothepast.info/article/10339/Site-Details?PRN=N8158 Gatehouse: http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/2780.html Bastles are defended stone-built farmhouses usually dating from the 16th-17th centuries AD generally situated within 20 miles of the England-Scotland Border http://www.keystothepast.info/article/9972/Glossary?HER=2653419" Photo by Andrew Curtis, 2018. -
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Andrew Curtis -
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Geograph (Geograph) -
License
What does this mean? Creative Commons License
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Further information
Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5692252
Resource type: Image
Added by: Simon Cotterill
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Picture Taken: 2018-02-25 -
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