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| bastle house, Askerton | ||
| civil parish:- | Askerton (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| locality type:- | bastle house | |
| coordinates:- | NY58647537 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5875 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY57 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "BASTLE HOUSE / / / ASKERTON / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78114 / NY5864475377" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Bastle house. Late C16 or early C17. Grey calciferous sandstone rubble. 3 extremely thick walls of the ground floor of a former 2-storey house. Fourth wall is rebuilt and includes original chamfered and rebated jambs with drawbar tunnel forming present entrance. Interior dividing wall is a later addition and end wall appears to have been gabled, probably for use as a shieling hut. See RCHM, Shielings and Bastles, 1970, p76. In ruinous condition at time of survey." |
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| notes:- |
bastle, in ruins |
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| Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS::
ISBN 1 873124 23 6; plan and illustration |
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