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Monument Number 16638
Hob Uid: 16638
Location : Northumberland Wark
Grid Ref : NY8480076160
Summary : Possible remains of a bastle incorporated into the farmhouse at Low Moralee. A bastle was recorded on this site in 1604 and though the present farmhouse is thought to be later in date, the unusual thickness of the north and east walls suggest that they represent the remains of an earlier fortified structure.
More information : Low Moralee [T.I.] (1) Moralee is mentioned in the survey of 1604. (2) NY 84807616. The present farm is comparatively late, but incorporates two walls of an earlier structure; the north wall, 0.95 m. thick, and an east wall, now an interior wall, 1.3 m thick and two storeys high. The owner, Mr. Hall, has no information to offer about the history of the farmhouse. The strength of the walls and the excellent situation suggests a former defended house. (3) Condition unchanged. (4) NY 847761 Probable reconstructed bastle. (See Type-site NY88SE14) (5) Listed by Cathcart King and by Dodds. ((6,7)

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Source details : Shielings & Bastles 1970 93 No 72 RCHM
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Post 1604
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Monument Start Date : 1604
Monument Type : Farmhouse
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Recorded in 1604
Monument End Date : 1604
Monument Start Date : 1604
Monument Type : Bastle
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 87 NW 15
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1956-10-10
End Date : 1956-10-10

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1965-12-21
End Date : 1965-12-21

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 16638