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Bastle at Grandy's Knowe is a seventeenth-century fortified farmhouse located in Northumberland. The structure represents a characteristic form of defensive architecture developed in the Anglo-Scottish border region during a period of significant cross-border raiding and social instability. Bastles combined residential and agricultural functions within a single fortified building, typically featuring thick stone walls and limited external openings designed to provide protection for inhabitants and livestock. This example survives as an important archaeological record of border life during the early modern period.
Bastle at Grandy's Knowe is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016812. View the official record →
Bastle at Grandy's Knowe is a seventeenth-century fortified farmhouse located in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016812.
Bastle at Grandy's Knowe is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1016812.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Vindolanda (Chesterholm) Roman forts, civil settlement and cemeteries, adjacent length of the Stanegate Roman road and two milestones (1.6 km), Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp (2.8 km), Bean Burn 2 Roman temporary camp (2.9 km).
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