Shilla Hill Bastle House
Shilla
Hill Bastle House is a typical 16th century stone two storey fortified farmhouse,
in which Hodge Corbett or Corbett Jack found security for his livestock on the
ground floor and for his family above. The ground floor entrance gable stands
to about six feet in height and the dressed stone door jambs shows how two doors
were fitted and locked from a tunnel with a iron drawbar. The rest of the walls
are at varying heights, while the whole appears to be sinking. Half a mile north-west
is Bog Head Bastle House.
Shilla Hill Bastle House is located on the Reivers Trail footpath (map board at Black Middens Bastle House), west of Comb. 8 miles north-west of Bellingham (follow signposts for Black Middens Bastle) on the B6320 and minor roads.
The site is freely accessible in daylight hours. There is car park at Black Middens Bastle House.
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