Clarghyll Hall Bastle Houses have been absorbed, in the complex alterations of this substantial country house. The first stone two storey fortified farmhouse, existed in the 1590's, replacing an earlier building. Early in the 17th century, the Whitfield brother's built a second bastle nearby and by the 18th century both were extended and the first enlarged, to make a manor house. In the mid 19th century the Rev Octavius James built the spectacular tower, absorbing the first bastle and converted the second bastle into a chapel, which is now ruinous. To the north of the Ayle Burn is White Lea Bastle House.