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LG 0164 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 cattle rustling Border Reivers lawless raids overgrown ruins ruin Bastle House Tarset valley Northumberland England Reiver
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Photographer: Leslie Garland
Collection: Northumberland
Filename:
LG 0164
Upload Date: 2008-09-21 12:17:04
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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 cattle rustling Border Reivers lawless raids overgrown ruins ruin Bastle House Tarset valley Northumberland England Reiver