West Rattenraw Village Bastles, Haydon Bridge

Has been described as a Possible Bastle

There are uncertain remains

NameWest Rattenraw Village Bastles, Haydon Bridge
Alternative Names
Historic CountryNorthumberland
Modern AuthorityNorthumberland
1974 AuthorityNorthumberland
Civil ParishHaydon

The earliest recorded mention of Rattenraw is in C13. The settlement was described as a hamlet in 1368 in the vill of Haydon. The number of houses and people who lived are are not recorded until post-medieval times and it seems to been at its largest in the early C18. In 1736 there were ten houses here but it seems to have declined after this and in the mid C19 only one farmstead is shown on the first edition Ordnance Survey map. A few earthworks south of the farm may be traces of earlier buildings. (PastScape)

Rattenraw was in the Langley barony and is said to have contained a 'Cluster of old Bastles' at one time. (Dodds 1999)

Gatehouse Comments

Dodds source is not cited and Gatehouse has been unable to identify the source. Rattenraw is recorded as being raided by the Scots but is outside the area of intense bastle building.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceNY830643
Latitude54.9736213684082
Longitude-2.26741003990173
Eastings383000
Northings564300
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Books

  • Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Newcastle upon Tyne: Keepdate Publishing) p. 395

Other

  • Wrathmell, S., 1975, Deserted and Shrunken Villages in Southern Northumberland from the Twelfth to the Twentieth Centuries (PhD Thesis Cardiff) p. 470