Hepple; The Raw Farm

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Haws Peel

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

This is a post-medieval bastle standing among farm buildings 30m north-west of the present farmhouse at Raw farm. It is built from roughly squared stone and survives to first floor level. It is rectangular in plan and has thick walls. The upper floor was rebuilt in the late C18. At the eastern corner of the basement there are signs that a small staircase once stood there. A staircase on the outside wall was probably built in the late C18 or C19. There are first floor windows on the north-eat and north-west walls, one is decorated with carving including one of a female head. The upper room was the scene of the murder of the occupant Mary Crozier in 1792. A local criminal, William Winter, was hanged for her murder at Winter's Gibbet. This crime became famous and the place where Winters was hung became a landmark.

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

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.
This site is a Grade 2 listed building protected by law*. (Images of England number 236275)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY94259802

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; 19595

County Sites and Monuments Record number; N9620

• Web site links
  • http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=N9620
    http://www.sine.newcastle.ac.uk/view_structure_information.asp?struct_id=132
• Books
  • Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Keepdate Publishing) p188
    Salter, Mike, 1997, The Castles and Tower Houses of Northumberland (Malvern) p119 [slight]
    Pevsner, N., 1992 (revised by Grundy, John et al), The Buildings of England: Northumberland (London, Penguin) p314
    Rowland, T.H., 1987 [reprint1994], Medieval Castles, Towers, Peles and Bastles of Northumberland (Sandhill Press) p40
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p359
    Graham, Frank, 1976, The Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham) p305
    Ramm, H.G., McDowall, R.W. and Mercer, E., 1970, Shielings and Bastles (London) p88, no.49
    Long, B., 1967, Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p149-150
    Tomlinson, W.W. 1916. Comprehensive Guide to Northumberland (Newcastle) p308
    Hodgson, J.C. 1827. History of Northumbeland, part 2 Vol1 (London) p99-100n