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Monument Number 19119
Hob Uid: 19119
Location : Northumberland Chollerton
Grid Ref : NY9100073000
Summary : Site of a fortified house documented in 1289 and demolished in 1897 at Barrasford, but no visible remains survive.
More information : Bastle (supposed) at Barrasford. (Authority (a) consulted but contains no reference to a bastle). (1) There is no local knowledge of or any remains of a Bastle, in Barrasford. (2) It is not clear what sort of fortified house existed at Barrasford. An unidentified `head man' lived in the head house which was burnt down by the Scots before 1289 and replaced by a new, fortified dwelling. This was extended by the Heron family in the 16th century, but was replaced by the present building in 1897. Some stones and slabs from the original building have been incorporatee into the new building. Listed by Dodds. (3)

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Source Number : 1
Source : Archaeologia Aeliana : or miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity
Source details : Map of Mediaeval Northum and Durham (R.N. Hadcock)
Page(s) : 165
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Vol(s) : 16, 1939

Source Number : 1a
Source : Northumberland County History
Source details : (J.C. Hodgson)
Page(s) : 315
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Vol(s) : 4, 1897

Source Number : 2
Source : Field Investigators Comments
Source details : F1 ASP 10.02.56
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Source Number : 3
Source : Bastions and Belligerents: Medieval Strongholds in Northumberland
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Page(s) : 351-2
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Destroyed by 1289, and replaced
Monument End Date : 1289
Monument Start Date : 1289
Monument Type : Fortified House
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Modified C16
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1500
Monument Type : Fortified House
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Modified C16
Monument End Date : 1599
Monument Start Date : 1540
Monument Type : Fortified House
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Demolished 1897
Monument End Date : 1897
Monument Start Date : 1897
Monument Type : Fortified House
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 97 SW 8
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Related Activities :

Associated Activities : Primary, FIELD OBSERVATION ON NY 97 SW 8
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1956-02-10
End Date : 1956-02-10

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 19119