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Low Cleughs Bastle

Access unclearno public right of way confirmed — check locally before setting out

Substantial ruinsruined, but plenty survives above ground

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Low Cleughs Bastle is a tower house in Northumberland. The Albion Guide charts 29 tower houses in the county; this is one of them. It sits inside Northumberland National Park National Park. For more of the same, Bastle at Low Leam Farm and Bastle and round cairn at Hole Farm are close by.

More at the National Heritage List entry

More places to visit near Low Cleughs Bastle

Photo of the Northumberland National Park, a National Park in Northumberland, north east England.Iconic

Northumberland National Park

You’re inside itNational Park near Otterburn

England's emptiest national park — big skies, Hadrian's Wall and gold-tier dark skies.

Photo along the Pennine Way, a 268-mile National Trail running from Edale to Kirk Yetholm, England and Scotland.Highlight

Pennine Way

National Trail

The first and toughest of them all — 268 miles along England's rocky spine from the Peak to the Cheviots.

3.2 km W · spans 8 counties

Photo of St Cuthbert's Church, Elsdon, a church in Northumberland, north east England.

St Cuthbert's Church, Elsdon

Church near Elsdon

Redesdale's medieval parish church on its great green, once storing the bones of border dead beneath the porch.

8.8 km NE

Photo of Winter's Gibbet, a folly near Elsdon, Northumberland, north east England.Highlight

Winter's Gibbet

Folly near Elsdon

A lone gallows replica on the open moor above Elsdon, a grisly relic marking an 18th-century murder.

9.3 km NE

Photo of Simonside Hills, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Rothbury, Northumberland, north east England.

Simonside Hills

SSSI near Rothbury

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Northumberland.

11.3 km NE

Photo of Kirkharle Courtyard & Lake, a garden in Northumberland, north east England.

Kirkharle Courtyard & Lake

Garden near Kirkharle

Capability Brown's birthplace, where a serpentine lake laid out from his rediscovered plans is circled by a mile-long walk and craft courtyard.

14.2 km E