Image LG 0162 by Leslie Garland

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LG 0162 Group looking at the ruins of a Bastle House, Tarset valley, Northumberland, England, UK. These houses, were fortified farm houses, where animals could be locked in on the ground floor and the people barricade themselves in on the upper floor after first pulling up a ladder, where common in the Northumberland border area during the Reiver period. Keywords: English fortified house dwelling defense defence farming defence cattle rustling Border Reivers lawless raids overgrown ruins ruin archeology Bastle House Tarset valley Northumberland England
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Photographer: Leslie Garland
Collection: Northumberland
Filename:
LG 0162
Upload Date: 2008-09-21 12:15:26
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Caption:

Group looking at the ruins of a Bastle House, Tarset

valley, Northumberland, England, UK.
These houses, were fortified farm houses, where animals could be locked in on the ground floor and the people barricade themselves in on the upper floor after first pulling up a ladder, where common in the Northumberland border area during the Reiver period.
Keywords: English fortified house dwelling defense defence farming defence cattle rustling Border Reivers lawless raids overgrown ruins ruin archeology Bastle House Tarset valley Northumberland England