Looking at the ruins of a Bastle House, Tarset valley, Northumberland, England, UK.

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Bastle house were fortified farmhouses built in the border areas during the16th century when raids by cattle rustling Border Reivers were common. They were strongly built of large stone blocks and comprised a lower, usually vaulted, section in which animals could be placed and an upper section to which the people could retire, being only accessible from the inside via a retractable ladder.

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Size: 3449px × 2533px
Location: Tarset valley, Northumberland, England, UK.
Photo credit: © Leslie Garland / LGPL / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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