(NY 93709986) Peel (Remains of). (1)

Remains of a Peel situated in a very commanding position, upon an elevated place, against a general slope of moorland pasture facing south east. The site, at approx 800 feet above sea-level, commands open moorland rising to the north west and north east, and overlooks the valley head and valley of the Keenshaw Burn, to the south west and south-east respectively.
The Peel, orientated north east and south west, measures overall, 12.4m by 7.2m. The walls, 1.4.m thick at ground level, are constructed of rough fashioned stones, with large well shaped corner quoins. They stand to an average height of 40m, the upper storey being roofless and in a ruinous condition. The basement is barrel vaulted, the roof springing 1.2m above ground level to a max height of 2.7m. In the south west end is the original entrance, equipped with bar-holes. A modern entrance has been cut through the south east side. No apertures, windows or arrow slits, remain elsewhere, except one arrow slit above the original entrance. There are no traces to be seen of the original access to the upper storey. (2)

Condition unchanged; scheduled. (3)

NY 937998 Remains of Bastle. (See Type-site NY 88 SE 14) (4)

Bastlehouse at Craig Farm, formerly listed as Craig Peel, Grade II (for full description see list). (5)

Ruined rectangular building 12m x 7.2m. Walls of coursed roughly-squared blocks with some galleting, 1.4m thick; large roughly-cut quoins. Except for part of south wall most of the building stands to within 1.5m of the wall head. Central byre entrance in west gable has rounded jambs; formerly flat lintel recently re-cut to a rough segmental arch. Small rectangular opening immediately above lintel. Single door check; twin drawbar tunnels in north jamb. Recent doorway cut through south wall; earlier inserted doorway, now blocked, on north. Splayed slit, now blocked, in centre east end. Basement has semicircular barrel vault; wall cupboard at east end, and sockets for loft beams. At west end south of door opening 1.4m above floor into narrow mural stair. At first floor level splayed loop and two wall cupboards in west end, blocked doorway to east. Remains of cross wall and ?entrance lobby on south. The tenant has carried out damaging 'improvements' to the bastle. Conserved c.1985. (6)

NY 9371 9987. Bastle at Craig Farm. Scheduled RSM No 20911. The bastle survives two storeys high, to within 1m of its original height and roofless. It measures 9.2m by 4.4m within stone walls 1.4m thick. (7)

16th or early 17th century bastle house, built of random rubble. The farm, which is beautifully sited, incorporates a well-preserved bastle house. The ground floor is complete except where a doorway has been opened in the long south wall. The west wall stands to gable height, the other walls slightly lower. The original ground floor doorway on the west gable end. The ground floor is tunnel-vaulted and has a very narrow mural stair in the south-west corner which, as it is original, is a very rare feature. The present farmhouse is a standard 19th century two-storey, three-bay house with 20th century door and windows, all in original openings. (8)

Bastle incorporated into the steading of Craig Farm. The bastle is 12m by 7.2m externally, and stands to within a metre of its original height. The ground floor is barrel-vaulted, the walls broken by a western doorway. Internal features indicate the presence and position of a loft, and access gained to the upper storeys through a mural stair. Some of the features of the bastle have been blocked in the act of incorporation to the farmstead. (9)

Documented in 1604. Listed by Cathcart King and by Dodds. (10a-b)