More information : (NY 99848453) Bolt House (L.B.) (Site of). (1)
The only remaining peel at Kirkwhelpington is called the Bolt House and consists (in 1827) of a byre or cow-house below with family apartments, on a boarded floor, above. Access to the upper part is by an outside stone stairs and to the lower part by doorway under the landing of the stairs. (2)
The site occurs in a pasture field and on the summit of a slight
rise. No visible remains. Hodgson's description, however, is that of a typical bastle, rather than a peel. (3)
Listed by Cathcart King and by Dodds. (4,5) |