Bradley Hall Bastle

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Braydley

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

SMR report of probably bastle walls, 1.35m thick in farmbuilding at Bradley Hall. A survey of 1541 mentions a stonehouse at Bradley, which might be this. However, see Bradley Greenbyre where two bastles are reported and Bradley Hall Farm, a reputed Bastle site. King and Dodds mention the survey presume it was either at Bradley Hall or Bradley Hall Farm. The 1541 mention reads “At Braydley ys a stone house of the inherytaunce of Nicholas Carrow & lyeth waste & unplenyshed." Graham writes "Edward the First was at Bradley on the 6th and 7th of September 1306. No trace of this bastle has survived"

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 NY777674

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; N6608

• Web site links
  • http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=N6608
• Books
  • Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Keepdate Publishing)
    Rowland, T.H., 1987 [reprint1994], Medieval Castles, Towers, Peles and Bastles of Northumberland (Sandhill Press) p46
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p346
    Graham, Frank, 1976, The Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham) p82
    Long, B., 1967, Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p74
    Hodgson, J.C., 1840, History of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) pt2 Vol3 p326n
• Journal Articles
  • Dixon, P.W., 1972, 'Shielings and bastles: a reconsideration of some problems' Archaeologia Aeliana [ser4] Vol50 p257
• Other sources and unpublished works (Theses, in-house reports and other such)
  • Ryder, P.F., 1991. Bradley Hall, Henshaw, Northumberland
    Ryder, P.F., 1990, Bastles and Towers in the Northumberland National Park p25