Bastle house at Chesterwood (3)
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Bastle house at Chesterwood (3)
Image: © Mike Quinn Taken: 14 Jun 2012
In August 2010, renovation of this old bastle house was in progress - see Image and Image According to Ramm, McDowall and Mercer in "Shielings and Bastles" (1970) this "small two-storey building measures 27 ft by 22 ft (approx) externally. The lower storey has walls about 3½ ft thick, the E end being built on a base course of large unshaped boulders. The upper storey has walls only 1½ ft thick. The W gable wall is carried up to a parapet finished with specially shaped stones and has a chimney." See also Image, Image, Image and Image
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Image Location
Latitude
54.980489
Longitude
-2.267151