Bunkershill
Has been described as a Questionable Bastle
There are major building remains
| Name | Bunkershill |
| Alternative Names | |
| Historic Country | Cumberland |
| Modern Authority | Cumbria |
| 1974 Authority | Cumbria |
| Civil Parish | Alston Moor |
Bunkershill. A derelict farmstead, probably circa 1700, retaining the old bastle form of a dwelling over a byre. There are many later alterations and additions; the floor to the upper storey is now gone and the roof is modern. (PastScape ref. Ramm et al, 1970)
built around 1700 to the west of the later Alston to Middleton road, overlooking Garrigill and the South Tyne valley. ..., the relative thinness of their walls and the quantity of fenestration on their upper floors betray them as developments, rather than examples, of buildings with a defensive purpose. Indeed, the term 'house-over-byre' might be more appropriately used to describe these buildings than 'bastle derivative', as the latter term is cemented with connotations of defensibility whilst the former demonstrates the general usage of the building type. (Jessop and Whitfield)
Not scheduled
Not Listed
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
| OS Map Grid Reference | NY747419 |
| Latitude | 54.7715682983398 |
| Longitude | -2.39352989196777 |
| Eastings | 374780 |
| Northings | 541920 |
