Whitlees Bastle
Introduction
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Whitlees Bastle
Image: © Mike Searle Taken: 16 May 2013
This appears to be a late C16 or early C17 strong house. It contains most of the features typical of a bastle, however, there is no barrel vault, and for this reason experts consider it not a true bastle.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.22814
Longitude
-2.065215