ji4 ANTIQUITIES OF NORTHUMBERLAND. 



to the brink of a deep gill, wherein is a fmall ftream, which falls 

 a little below into Erring-burn. 



A mile and a half eafl from Halyton, is a hill with a fquare in- 

 trenchment, and a hearth-ilone in the center, trenched round, 

 called the Mote-laiv, i. e. the hill for obferving the motions of an 

 enemy, and giving an alarm by fire on any imminent danger. . 

 Both it and Halyton are in view from the i8th mile-flone on the 

 military road. From the fame place we have alfo a view of 



Little Bavington, the feat of the antient family of the Shaftoes ; 

 of William Sbaftoe, 33 K. Edward I ft) ; of William Shaft oe, 47 K. 

 Ed-war dill fuj ; of William Shaftoe, 16 K. Richard II (i>J ; of Alex- 

 ander Shaftoe, 5 K. Henry V fivj ; of William Shaftoe, 5 K. Edward 

 IV (x) ; of John Shaftoe, 6 K. Edward VI (y) ; and in the begin- 

 ning of the reign of Q^ Elizabeth fz) ; of William Shaftoe, lyK. 

 Charles I, 1643 (a)\ alfo of William Shaftoe^ I K. George I. It is 

 now the feat of George Shaftoe Delaval, Efq; high fheriff of Northum- 



(t) Efcaet. de anno 33 Ed, I. n. 79, 



() 47 Ed. III. n. 84. 



(v) 16 Ric. II. 



(w_) - 5 Hen. 5. n. 31. 



( x ) 5 Ed. IV. 



(y) Bp. Nicho/fen's border-laws, p. 214, and p. 332. 



(z) Johannes Sbaftoe fuit feifitus de et in parva Bavington, Thockrington, Weft Harle, el 

 Halliden-Mains, cum tertia parte de Brenckley, ac certis terris in Bcnwell, magna Baving- 

 ton, Buteland, et Kirk-Heton. Elcaet. de anno 



(a) See Parliament. Hift. of Engl. vol. 12. p. 233, 



