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bastle house, Askerton
civil parish:-   Askerton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
locality type:-   bastle house
coordinates:-   NY58647537
1Km square:-   NY5875
10Km square:-   NY57
references:-   Listed Buildings 2010

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"BASTLE HOUSE / / / ASKERTON / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78114 / NY5864475377"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Bastle house. Late C16 or early C17. Grey calciferous sandstone rubble. 3 extremely thick walls of the ground floor of a former 2-storey house. Fourth wall is rebuilt and includes original chamfered and rebated jambs with drawbar tunnel forming present entrance. Interior dividing wall is a later addition and end wall appears to have been gabled, probably for use as a shieling hut. See RCHM, Shielings and Bastles, 1970, p76. In ruinous condition at time of survey."

notes:-  
bastle, in ruins

Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS:: ISBN 1 873124 23 6; plan and illustration

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