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Monument Number 17200

Hob Uid: 17200
Location :
Northumberland
Otterburn
Grid Ref : NY8785099630
Summary : The remains of a deserted medieval settlement including a bastle and part of an associated field system of medieval and post-medieval date. The complex is situated on both sides of Durtrees Burn. The settlement contains the remains of at least six rectangular buildings including four standing ruins, two large enclosures and several smaller paddocks or garths. The bastle is situated at the centre of the group of buildings. It is rectangular in shape, orientated east to west and measures a maximum of 12.2 metres by 7.13 metres. The regular stonework is comprised of large roughly square blocks of stone and it stands to a maximum of seven courses high on the northern side. Immediately east of the bastle is a short range of three buildings, the earliest is thought to date from the 19th century. These buildings and the bastle are attached to a large square enclosure. Some 30 metres east of the bastle there are the remains of a further stone building thought to be 18th century in date. Some 15 metres south of the bastle there is another rectangular building standing to a maximum of five courses high and thought to date to the late 17th or early 18th century. At the northern end of the monument there are the grassed over foundations of a fifth building and at the extreme south western edge of the monument there are the grassy foundations of a sixth building. It is thought that these two buildings may be the remains of an earlier medieval settlement at the site; an earlier settlement at Branshaw is recorded in a document of 1552. On the south side of Durtrees Burn further remains of the settlement survive including a complex of three small enclosures. Further remains include an extensive medieval field system of ridge and furrow superimposed with the remains of a field system of post-medieval date.
More information : [NY 8803 9968] Peel [G.T.] (Remains of) (1)

The probable remains of a tower situated upon a gentle west slope of pasture in open moorland, at approx 900 feet above sea-level. The site overlooks falling ground to the north and south, and commands the opening to the Durtree Burn valley which runs northwards. In the south-west is low lying ground and to the east are rising slopes of moorland. A now-dry limestone ravine provides some natural defence, about 30.0m to the south-west.

The extant fragment comprises the greater part of the barrel-vaulted basement. The Peel, orientated nearly east-west, measures, overall. 12.2m by 7.4m. The walls are 1.5m thick, constructed of rough fashioned stones and boulders, with massive quoins at the corners. They stand to 3.5m height on the north and east sides, and are a tumbled mass of turf-covered masonry on the other sides. The south-west corner is intact to 2.0m height. The barrel roof is collapsed at the west end. The entrance, low and narrow, with bar holes, is in the east end. There is a retaining arch above the lintel stone. (2)

The barrel roof has now completely collapsed, otherwise as described. (3)

NY 880997 Remains of bastle. (See Type-site NY 88 SE 14) (4)

NY 881 997. Branshaw peel. Scheduled No ND/436. (5,6)

Listed by Cathcart King and by Dodds. (7,8)

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Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Settlement, Building, Enclosure, Field System, Ridge And Furrow
Evidence : Earthwork
Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Post medieval
Monument End Date : 1901
Monument Start Date : 1540
Monument Type : Bastle, Field System
Evidence : Ruined Building, Earthwork
Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Late C17 or early C18
Monument End Date : 1732
Monument Start Date : 1667
Monument Type : Building
Evidence : Ruined Building
Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : C18
Monument End Date : 1799
Monument Start Date : 1700
Monument Type : Building
Evidence : Ruined Building
Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : C19
Monument End Date : 1900
Monument Start Date : 1801
Monument Type : Building
Evidence : Ruined Building

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Related Records from other datasets:
External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : ND 436
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 28546
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 89 NE 8
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Related Warden Records :
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1957-05-17
End Date : 1957-05-17
Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1970-10-12
End Date : 1970-10-12
Associated Activities :
Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1996-01-01
End Date : 1996-12-31
Associated Activities :
Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 2003-01-01
End Date : 2004-12-31