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High Grains Bastle
Hob Uid: 12909
Location : Cumbria Carlisle Askerton
Grid Ref : NY5864075380
Summary : The monument includes High Grains medieval bastle, a roofless structure formerly of two storeys but now standing to ground floor height only, and a later medieval shieling which incorporated the remains of the bastle. It is located 130 metres west of High Grains Farm. The bastle is constructed from calciferous sandstone rubble and measures 9.5 metres north east to south west by 6.6 metres north east to south east externally with walls up to 1.3 metres thick and up to 1.9 metres high. Attached to the north eastern end of the bastle is a later stone-built medieval shieling with two walls surviving up to a height of circa 1.6 metres high.
More information : (NY 58647538) Peel (NR) (Remains of) (NAT) (1) Close to Kirk Beck, west of High Grains farm are the remains of a ruined bastle. The walls stand to a height of about 6 feet with an entrance doorway in the NE end. A crosswall dividing the building into two rooms is not original. (2) Four walls between 6 feet to 7 feet high and about 3 feet 6 inches thick. (3) The remains of the bastle are as described by Authorities 2 and 3 and measure 9.7m NE-SW by 7.2m. (4) (NY 58647538) Bastle (NR) (remains of) (NAT) (5) NY 58577542. The remains of 2 shielings (A) and (B) and a length of walling (C), adjoin the pele tower. (A) measuring 28.5 feet by 16.5 feet, orientated NE-SW abuts on the pele tower to the SE. (B) measuring 21 feet by 15 feet, orientated NW-SE abuts on the pele tower to the NW. (C) measuring 21 feet by over 8 feet, is between 4 feet and 4.5 feet thick, and is thought to be part of a hut or a barmkin of the pele. (6) Scheduled. (7,8) Listed with a plan. (9) Listed as a bastle by Cathcart King. (10)

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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Shieling, Bastle
Evidence : Ruined Building

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 27771
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External Cross Reference Source : Listed Building List Entry Legacy Uid
External Cross Reference Number : 78114
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External Cross Reference Source : NBR Index Number
External Cross Reference Number : 8316
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 57 NE 16
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1978-04-13
End Date : 1978-04-13

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High Grains Bastle