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Bastle weekend 2009

Tarset Archive Group's bastle project "Reiver Landscapes, Reiver Homes" culminated in a two-day special bastle event on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th October 2009.

Display boards

This is Tarset tag-bastleevent-2009-board1.pdf (2Mb PDF)
The Bastle Project tag-bastleevent-2009-board2.pdf (2Mb PDF)
What is a Bastle? tag-bastleevent-2009-board3.pdf (1Mb PDF)
Bastles in Tarset tag-bastleevent-2009-board4.pdf (2Mb PDF)
Ground Floor tag-bastleevent-2009-board5.pdf (1Mb PDF)
Upper floor tag-bastleevent-2009-board6.pdf (1Mb PDF)
Labour, Lime and Stone tag-bastleevent-2009-board7.pdf (2Mb PDF)
The Landscape of Larceny tag-bastleevent-2009-board8.pdf (2Mb PDF)
Use of the Land tag-bastleevent-2009-board9.pdf (2Mb PDF)
Climate at the Time of the Bastles tag-bastleevent-2009-boarda.pdf (1Mb PDF)

Agenda

The weekend included:

bastle forum (in Tarset Village Hall)
informal event dinner at a local pub with spit-roasted Tarset lamb and traditional Northumbrian entertainment with music by Northern Lights
bastle walk
bastle exhibition (in Tarset Village Hall).

The bastle forum included a keynote address by Alistair Moffat entitled "Why the Reivers?", an update on TAG work, a stone working demonstration, a lime burning demonstration, a bastle exhibition, a virtual bastle tour, expert speakers, discussions, presentations and a buffet lunch. Other speakers included Beryl Charlton (historian and archaeologist), Peter Ryder (historic buildings expert), Tam Ward (Biggar Archaeology Group) and Richard Carlton (archaeologist).

The leaflet for this 2009 event can be downloaded: tag-bastleevent-2009.pdf (1Mb PDF)

Supporters

TAG gratefully acknowledges the support of the Northumberland National Park via their Sustainable Development and Action Area Funds, and the former Tynedale District Council. The bastle weekend is run in conjunction with Tarset 2050 CIC.