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Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Braydley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

This site has been described as a;
Bastle.
  Confidence: It is probable that this site was a medieval fortification or palace.   Masonry ruins/remnants remains.
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"
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY777674

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Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is N6608 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

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This record last updated on Wednesday, October 28, 2009

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