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Hallsford Bastle

Has been described as a Possible Bastle

There are major building remains

Name	Hallsford Bastle
Alternative Names	Sowporte
Historic Country	Cumberland
Modern Authority	Cumbria
1974 Authority	Cumbria
Civil Parish	Solport

I took the liberty of asking thew owner what he knew of this?  His reply was; 'It was discovered when we applied for planning permission on the main farmhouse including the bastle 17 years ago. The conservation architect in Carlisle identified and English Heritage subsequently confirmed this when they visited. It was decided not to list either building'. (Roger Wilson 2017)

Gatehouse Comments

Certainly in an area where peel-houses were commonplace and, from the air photo, of the right size and form to be a peel-house (although a rectangular building of 10m by 5m would include most forms of domestic building of many ages). Without more detail it is impossible to give a proper consideration of the evidence.Is this one of three houses labelled Sowporte on the 1607 Forest of Nichol map? Was it a house of a minor member of the Taylor family?

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

OS Map Grid Reference	NY475729
Latitude	55.0485916137695
Longitude	-2.82277011871338
Eastings	347520
Northings	572980