| The original part of Chesterwood Farmhouse may have been a bastle. It has one huge upstanding boulder in the plinth at the north east corner and the walls are at least 0.9m thick. When the house was renovated some years ago an upper doorway was seen in the south wall as well as evidence that the walls had been heightened by 0.6m or so, to the present level. See also:
Source of Reference
Local History of Haydon
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Chesterwood bastle 4, Haydon. Photo by Peter Ryder.
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