Longheughshields Bastle, Bellingham

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

Longheughshield is a simple, single-storey, late C18, shepherd's cottage, surrounded by old walls which give it a strange sense of enclosure. Just west of the cottage lie the footings of another, much earlier building, most likely a C16 or C17 bastle on the strength of its general proportions and thickness of its walls. The highest section of walling stands about fourft high
Despite slightly different map references the SMR reports N7995 and N14033 appear to me to be duplicates.

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

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY82048473

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; N14033 & N7995

• Web site links
  • http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=N14033
    http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=N7995
• Books
  • Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Keepdate Publishing)
• Other sources and unpublished works (Theses, in-house reports and other such)
  • Ryder, P.F., 1990, Bastles and Towers in the Northumberland National Park