Mortley bastle (Wark)
Ruins of Mortley bastle, Wark. Photo by Peter Ryder.
The present farmhouse at Mortley is of 19th century date, but forms part of a range of farm buildings. The easternmost part of this range is a ruined bastle, a fortified farmhouse of late 16th or early 17th century date. It has thick stone walls. The inside of the ruin is largely infilled with rubble. This is a Scheduled Monument protected by law.
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FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1956; A S Phillips
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1965; J R Foster
FIELD OBSERVATION, Towers and Bastles in Northumberland 1995; P RYDER
PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY, Towers and Bastles in Northumberland 1995; P RYDER
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1965; J R Foster
FIELD OBSERVATION, Towers and Bastles in Northumberland 1995; P RYDER
PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY, Towers and Bastles in Northumberland 1995; P RYDER
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