Midgeholm Bastle

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

This isolated bastle lies on the west side of the Allen valley. There is a long range of farmhouses with the remains of the bastle at its east end. Only the north and east walls of the original building survive. They are about 1m thick. An original doorway can be seen in the east end of the building. The rest of the farmhouse was built on to the bastle in C19.

This site has been described as a;
Bastle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY78606162

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

County Sites and Monuments Record number; N6843

Web site links
- http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=N6843

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This record last updated on Friday, April 6, 2007

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