Image is a two-storey house with a modern slated roof finished against a gable parapet formed with specially shaped stones. The house measures externally 21 ft by 26¾ ft and is built of large random rubble with roughly squared quoins. The front has 19th century hung-sash windows. The doorway, placed off-centre in the front, has chamfered jambs and lintel, and above it one jamb and the lintel of a blocked first-floor doorway remain. The W wall is 4 ft thick and the rear 3 ft thick." See also Image, Image, Image and Image."> Cottages at Chesterwood
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Cottages at Chesterwood

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Cottages at Chesterwood

Image: © Mike Quinn Taken: 19 Aug 2010

The lefthand cottage was originally a bastle house. According to Ramm, McDowall and Mercer in "Shielings and Bastles" (1970) "E of Image is a two-storey house with a modern slated roof finished against a gable parapet formed with specially shaped stones. The house measures externally 21 ft by 26¾ ft and is built of large random rubble with roughly squared quoins. The front has 19th century hung-sash windows. The doorway, placed off-centre in the front, has chamfered jambs and lintel, and above it one jamb and the lintel of a blocked first-floor doorway remain. The W wall is 4 ft thick and the rear 3 ft thick." See also Image, Image, Image and Image

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Image Location

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Latitude
54.980748
Longitude
-2.267512