More information : In 1663, four members of the Snawdon family were the owners of Bickerton (NT 995002) each family residing in their bastle house. The north wall of the present farmhouse is formed of part of one of these fortified dwellings, and several green mounts in the field adjoining denote the sites of others. (1)
NT 99590024. Bickerton comprises a farmhouse with a group of farm buildings to the south-west. The farmhouse is of a late period of construction, but has incorporated within it serving as a party wall, a wall 0.9 m in thickness which rises through the two storeys of the house. Its presence is indicated by doorways cut through on each floor. Above the lower doorway on the east side is a long narrow corbel projecting. No other remains of a preceding structure could be located in or around the present house. No mounds were found (Authority 2 refers) which could be associated with the sites of further bastles. (2)
Listed by Cathcart King and by Dodds. (3,4) |