Hayrake Bastle

In the civil parish of Allendale.
In the historic county of Northumberland (Modern Authority of Northumberland, 1974 county of Northumberland).

There are two bastles at Hayrake, one built onto the end of another. The earliest bastle dates to the late C16 or early C17 and the second is slightly later. The two parts have identical fabric and wall thicknesses, being about 1.2m thick but the extended part now lies in ruins. There are several typical bastle featrues, including slit vents, or narrow openings, byre doorway with a massive stone lintel, and first floor doorway. Hayrake may have been the home of Quaker Thomas Williamston, who died in 1690 and is buried nearby.

This site has been described as a;
Bastle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Major remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY85155236

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 539488

County Sites and Monuments Record number; N7527

• Web site links
  • http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=N7527
• Books
  • Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Keepdate Publishing) p427
    Salter, Mike, 1997, The Castles and Tower Houses of Northumberland (Malvern) p117 [slight]
• Journal Articles
  • Ryder, P.F., 1992, 'Bastles and bastle-like buildings in Allendale' Archaeology Journal Vol149 p357-60
• Other sources and unpublished works (Theses, in-house reports and other such)
  • Ryder, P.F., 1995. Towers and Bastles in Northumberland, Part 4 Tynedale District Vol1 p5-6