- Open
- Free entry
- Dogs in the grounds
- English Heritage
Quick answer
Black Middens Bastle House is a partly ruined tower house near Bellingham, Northumberland, managed by English Heritage. Entry is free and the site is open at any reasonable time. Dogs on a lead are welcome in the grounds but not inside.
Getting to Black Middens Bastle House and parking
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- Address
- NE48 1NE
- By train
- Bardon Mill Station is 15.7 miles away.
Dogs, accessibility and facilities
Dogs
Partly- Welcome: in the grounds.
- Not allowed: inside the buildings.
- Leads: dogs must be kept on a lead.
- Only 'keep dogs on leads'; inside not stated, so lesser value.
Accessibility
- Paths and surfaces: 180m walk over uneven grassland; livestock likely; living quarters only at first floor via external steps
History of Black Middens Bastle House
- 1583 Only surviving documentary reference: apparently attacked in an Armstrong raid
- 1970 Recorded as having a slate roof
Photos
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Andrew Curtis · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source -
wfmillar · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Castles near Black Middens Bastle House
All 12 castles in NorthumberlandSources
- Page on english-heritage.org.uk
- Page on historicengland.org.uk
- Page on historicengland.org.uk
- Page on english-heritage.org.uk
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