Whitlees Bastle (Elsdon)
Introduction
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Whitlees Bastle (Elsdon)
Image: © Les Hull Taken: 14 Aug 2019
One of the buildings on Whitlees farm seems to be a late 16th or early 17th century strong house. It has many characteristics of a bastle, such as walls built of massive stones and a boulder plinth, as well as walls over 1.3m thick. However, there is no trace of a barrel vault and for this reason experts consider it is not a true bastle. This is a Grade II Listed Building protected by law. http://www.keystothepast.info/article/10339/Site-Details?PRN=N9780
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Image Location
Latitude
55.227781
Longitude
-2.0649