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Black Middens Bastle House is a 16th century stone two storey fortified farmhouse, built as a defensive structure to protect against border reivers. There is a small car park and access across a field to the bastle. Visitors can walk around the outside and go up the steps to a first floor viewing platform on the inside of the building.
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The Tarset Archive Group organised a Bastle Weekend in October 2009. The Tarset Bastle Trail was launched in 2012.
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Photograph: Black Middens Bastle House showing gated ground level and steps to first floor viewing platform