More information : 'Girsonfield' - a farmhouse, which in the time of Queen Elizabeth belonged to the proprietors of Otterburn Castle. Some parts of its walls remain, but a new house of the same name has been built on the hillside to the east [NY 89159377]. (1)
Incorporated in it are the remains of a still older steading, the
residence of the Halls. (2)
NY 88919424. Remains of the farmhouse consist largely of the
turf-covered foundations, which form an enclosure some 12.5m x 6.8m (surveyed at 1/2500).
The north wall, however, which is incorporated in a dry-stone field boundary (see photograph & sketch), stands 1.5m high and 1.2m thick. Its strength suggests a defended (pele) house, presumably Tomlinson's 'older steading', but its relationship to to the
farmhouse can no longer be determined. (3)
As described by F1. The 'new' farmhouse is now unoccupied and is used as a barn. See illustration.
A third building to carry the name Girsonfield was built in 1959 and is situated at NY 890 936. (4)
Listed by Dodds. (5) |