Bastle house no.2 at Chesterwood
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Bastle house no.2 at Chesterwood
Image: © Mike Quinn Taken: 14 Jun 2012
According to Ramm, McDowall and Mercer in "Shielings and Bastles" (1970) "this two-storey building measures 22 ft by 29 ft (approx) externally, with walls averaging nearly 3 ft thick. The W end wall is slightly thicker (3½ ft) and belongs to an earlier building which ran westwards and has been replaced by a house of the 19th century. The building has a doorway to the lower storey on the S side and on the same side an outside stone stairway leading to the upper storey." I am grateful to Dave Clark for the info that this building was once called "The Golf House". The owner of the bastle told me that in the early part of the 20th century it was used as a clubhouse by those playing golf on a nearby course (of which, no trace now remains). See also Image, Image, Image and Image
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Image Location
Latitude
54.980532
Longitude
-2.267683