Gatehouse Bastles 4 and 5, Tarset (The Gatehouse Record)

In the civil parish of Tarset.
In the historic county of Northumberland.
Modern Authority of Northumberland.
1974 county of Northumberland.
Medieval County of Northumberland.

OS Map Grid Reference: NY78878888
Latitude 55.19370° Longitude -2.33335°

Gatehouse Bastles 4 and 5, Tarset has been described as a probable Bastle.

There are masonry footings remains.

Description

Remains of two adjacent bastles incorporated in field wall. Comprising part of the south west side wall and a few stones of the south east end of one, and the south west side wall (with a slit vent) and south east end of a second later bastle built on to the south east end of the first. Typical massive rubble, standing to 1.5m but partly rebuilt. Traces of the north east wall of the second bastle show its dimensions to have been 9.70 x 7.35m externally (Ryder, P F 26-JUN-90 Field Investigation; Ryder 1990)
Section of field wall about 30 yards south of Gatehouse Farm. Built of random rubble. An L-shaped section of wall in massive masonry clearly represents the lower pairs of two walls of a bastle house. One slit window remains. The footings of the other two walls are visible in the farmyard and reveal a building about 35 feet by 20 feet with walls about 42 inches thick. A fragment of similar masonry about 30 yards east of south bastle may represent yet another bastle, bringing the number of visible bastles in the settlement to five. (Grundy Grade III). (Grundy 1987). (Northumberland HER)

Sources of information, references and further reading

County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) N7005.

Websites (Gatehouse is not responsible for the content of external websites.)
- Tarset Archive Group
Books
- Ryder, Peter, 2004, 'Towers and bastles in Northumberland National Park' in Frodsham, P., Archaeology in the Northumberland National Park (CBA Research report 136) p. 262-271
  Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Newcastle upon Tyne: Keepdate Publishing) p. 296-8
  Dodds, Madeleine Hope (ed), 1940, Northumberland County History (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Vol. 15 p. 250-1
  MacLauchlan, H., 1867, Notes not included in the memoirs already published on Roman roads in Northumberland: taken during a survey made by direction of the Duke of Northumberland (London) p. 73 online copy
Periodical Articles
- Christopherson, R., 2011, 'Northumberland bastles: origin and distribution' Medieval Settlement Research Vol. 26 p. 21-33 (listed in appendix)
Other sources: Theses; 'grey' literature; in-house reports; unpublished works; etc.
- The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2004, 'Tarset and Greenhaugh Northumberland an archaeological and historical study of a border township' Northumberland National Park Historic Village Atlas p. 42-3 (slight) (The Northumberland National Park Authority) online copy
  Ryder, P.F., 1990, Bastles and Towers in the Northumberland National Park (Report for Northumberland National Park Authority) p. 41
  Grundy, J., 1987, The Historic Buildings of the Northumberland National Park TAR11

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