Image}. The building is divided into two by a cross-wall which originally formed the E end wall of the W part; the E part was built later. The walls vary in thickness: to the N 3 ft, to the south 3½ ft, to the E 3¾ ft. There are doorways, now blocked, 6 ft from each end of the S front and a small vent in the W part. Small offsets in the walls, now some 5 ft above floor level, presumably carried the timbers for an upper floor which has been completely removed, and the walls have been reduced in height." See also Image, Image, Image and Image."> Bastle house no.3 at Chesterwood
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Bastle house no.3 at Chesterwood

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Bastle house no.3 at Chesterwood

Image: © Mike Quinn Taken: 14 Jun 2012

According to Ramm, McDowall and Mercer in "Shielings and Bastles" (1970) "this long building now of one lofty storey only is used as a farm store. The walling is of large random blocks, roughly coursed and with small packing pieces between them {see Image}. The building is divided into two by a cross-wall which originally formed the E end wall of the W part; the E part was built later. The walls vary in thickness: to the N 3 ft, to the south 3½ ft, to the E 3¾ ft. There are doorways, now blocked, 6 ft from each end of the S front and a small vent in the W part. Small offsets in the walls, now some 5 ft above floor level, presumably carried the timbers for an upper floor which has been completely removed, and the walls have been reduced in height." See also Image, Image, Image and Image

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Latitude
54.98073
Longitude
-2.267825