More information : (NY 96908596) Peel (L.B.). (Rems of). (1)
Ray consists only of one house in a ruinous state, an unoccupied peel-house, and traces of numerous dwellings. (2)
Remains of the "peel-house" (see photograph) consist of the lower courses only, but it is more likely to be a bastle than a tower. No trace of the desertion survives other than a fishpond and one possible croft (NY 98 NE 7 & 14 respectively). NY 968857 Remains of bastle. (See Type-site NY 88 SE 14). (3)
NY 9690 8576. Bastle 100m SW of Ray Cottages. Scheduled RSM No 21003. Bastle situated on a raised site within the grounds of Ray Castle. The structure, constructed of large roughly squared stone, is rectangular in plan and measures 8.3m by 6.4m externally. The walls, which are 1.4m thick, stand to a maximum height of 2.2m. There is a doorway in the E gable giving access to the basement. The first floor, of which there is now no trace, was supported on stone corbels which are visible in the W gable and the N and S walls. (4,5)
Listed by Cathcart King and by Dodds. (6,7) |