Akeld is a Village in the county of Northumberland.

Retail in Akeld

There are great places to visit near Akeld including some great villages, ancient sites, beaches, hiking areas, geological features, castles, ruins, islands, towns, roman sites and historic monuments.

Milfield, Craster, and Bamburgh are great places to visit near Akeld if you like villages.

Places near Akeld feature a number of interesting ancient sites including Milfield North Henge.

Akeld has some unmissable beaches nearby like Embleton Bay, and Bamburgh Beach.

Dunstanburgh, Sycamore Gap, and Hadrian's Wall near Hexham are great places to visit near Akeld if you like hiking areas.

Gull Crag and the Rumble Churn, Greymare Rock, and Sycamore Gap are some of Akeld best geological features to visit near Akeld.

Dunstanburgh Castle is a great place to visit close to Akeld if you like castles.

Dunstanburgh Castle, WWII Sandbag Pillbox, and Old Limekiln at Dunstanburgh are great places to visit near Akeld if you like ruins.

Don't miss Farne Islands's islands if visiting the area around Akeld.

Hexham is one of Akeld's best, nearby towns to visit in Akeld.

The area around Akeld features a number of interesting roman sites including Hadrian's Wall near Hexham, and Chesters Roman Fort.

There are a several good historic monuments in the area around Akeld like Flodden.

Akeld History

There are some historic monuments around Akeld:

• Cup and ring marked rocks near Roughting Linn camp
• St Gregory's Hill camp
• Round cairn 790m west of Smithy Strip
• Romano-British farmstead 900m north east of triangulation point on Gains Law
• Iron Age defended settlement and cultivation terraces 600m north east of Brown's Law Cottage
• Weetwood Moor round cairns
• Prehistoric rock art, 92m south west of Buttony
• Unenclosed hut circle settlement and part of a field system, 880m north of Heddon Hill
• Ford Westfield settlement
• Site SW of Thirlings
• Settlement on north slope of Yeavering Bell
• South Ringles Roman period native settlement 850m north west of Middleton Dean
• Howtel tower house
• Defended settlement on north slope of Harehope Hill, 570m south east of High Akled Cottages
• Parson's Tower
• North Middleton medieval village
• Two camps and cup and ring marked rocks on Dod Law
• Three Romano-British farmsteads and part of a field system on Heddon Hill 900m north west of Calder
• Settlement 470m north east of Heddon Hill
• Bastle House
• Weetwood Bridge
• Bronze Age unenclosed settlement and field system with burial cairns south west of Brands Hill, 350m ENE of Langlee
• Round cairn cemetery 1000m north west of Heddon Hill
• Two Roman period native settlements and associated field system on Coldberry Hill
• Romano-British settlements E of Yeavering Bell containing the Old Sheepfold settlement and settlements to the W and S of it
• Roman period native enclosed settlement and medieval sheiling 165m north east of Dunsdale
• Site E of Milfield village
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 120m north west of Gleadscleugh
• Two medieval shielings on Akeld Hill, 680m WNW of Gleadscleugh
• Bronze Age round cairn on summit of Hart Heugh, 780m south west of Earlehillhead
• Ford Colliery 920m north east of Blackcrag Wood
• Settlement on north east slope of Yeavering Bell
• Bronze Age round house on Fredden Hill 880m south west of Bell's Valley
• Prehistoric unenclosed hut circle settlement, field system and cairnfield 340m south west of triangulation point on Gains Law
• Ewart Park henge
• Henge, pit-circle and later cemetery, 850m north east of Millfield Hill
• Roughting Linn camp
• Roman period native settlement and associated field system and trackway on north east slope of Brands Hill
• The Kettles univallate hillfort and enclosed settlement, 261m north west and 331m south west of King's Chair
• Medieval shieling and enclosure 340m north west of Gleadscleugh
• Two incised rocks on Broom Ridge, Hunter's Moor
• Prehistoric unenclosed hut circle settlement south east of Long Crags
• Prehistoric unenclosed hut circle settlement and field system on Snear Hill, 700m west of the western edge of Coronation Wood
• Prehistoric unenclosed hut circle settlement west of Monday Cleugh, 520m SSE of Gleadscleugh
• Henge 600yds (550m) E of Akeld Lodge
• Prehistoric enclosed settlement, Iron Age hillfort and medieval shielings on Humbleton Hill
• Iron Age defended settlement 740m south east of South Middleton
• Unenclosed scooped settlement on the east slope of Harehope Hill, 750m south east of High Akeld Cottages
• Ad Gefrin Anglo-Saxon township and prehistoric remains
• Cairnfield 400m north of Threestoneburn House
• Prehistoric rock art, 225m east of Whitsunbank Hill
• Glead's Cleugh Iron Age promontory fort
• Enclosed settlement on east slope of Brands Hill, 900m north of Cowboy's Cairn
• Roman period native enclosed settlement and scooped enclosure on the south east slopes of Brands Hill, 350m north west of Cowboy's Cairn
• Hut circle 770m south east of White Gables
• Settlement N of White Law
• Roman period native farmstead north west of Long Crags, 600m south east of Langleeford
• Round cairn 850m, and two Romano-British farmsteads, associated trackway, moated site, medieval settlement and field system 900m SSE of Middleton Dean
• Three round cairns on the summit of Dod Hill
• Romano-British farmstead on the eastern slope of Dod Hill, 1km north of The Dod
• Bronze Age unenclosed hut circle settlement, field system and cairnfield, 630m south west of triangulation point on Gains Law
• Romano-British settlement 810m south east of Whitehall
• Promontory fort 330m south east of Middleton Dean
• Round cairn 100m south of Torleehouse
• Wooler Tower on east side of Church Street
• Roman period native homestead 400m south of Humbleton Hill hillfort
• Bronze Age cairnfield and cup and ring marked stone 550m north west of Middleton Dean
• Incised rocks on Gled Law
• Flodden Edge camp
• Roman period native settlement and medieval shieling on east slopes of Brands Hill, 1100m south east of Carey Burn Bridge
• Iron Age multivallate hillfort and prehistoric trackway at Monday Cleugh
• Prehistoric hut circle 540m south of Gleadscleugh
• Stone circle and stone alignment 370m west of Threestoneburn House
• Roman period native settlement 340m east of Hethpool Linn
• Settlement, field systems and terraces on the south east slope of Yeavering Bell
• Flodden camp
• Romano British settlement, 655m north east of Lanton Hill Monument
• Buttony Wood camp, Horton Moor
• Prehistoric enclosure south west of Brands Hill and 870m east of Langlee
• Standing Stones camp, Horton Moor
• Rock art including four animal carvings at Goatscrag rock shelter, 155m north west of Routin Lynn
• Roman period native scooped enclosure, 930m north east of Langlee
• Settlement 500yds (460m) SW of White Law
• Long cairn on the south western slope of Dod Hill, 1km north east of The Dod
• Prehistoric unenclosed hut circle and field plot at Lamb Crag
• Fordwood camp, Broomridge Dean
• Chesters Strip Plantation earthwork near Fenton House, Nesbit
• Round cairn 435m south west of Langlee
• Prehistoric hut circle on Harehope Hill, 400m south east of Gleadscleugh
• Unenclosed Bronze Age hut circle and clearance cairn 800m ESE of Langlee
• Bronze Age field system on Fredden Hill
• Coldmartin Tower, 260m north east of Tower Martin
• Castle Hill camp
• Hethpool tower house
• Rock art on Weetwood Moor, 702m north east of Wooler Post Office Radio Station
• Incised rock on Hare Crags
• Two pillboxes near Green Castle
• Roman period native settlement, associated field system and trackway, and medieval farmstead 270m south of Torleehouse
• Prehistoric field system and cairnfield east of Watch Hill, 520m NNE of footbridge over Carey Burn
• Prehistoric rock art 190m south west of Middleton Dean promontory fort
• The standing stones on Doddington Moor
• Medieval chapel, 220m south east of White Gables
• Hazely Hill round cairn
• Rock art 350m east of The Ringses hillfort
• Etal Castle tower house
• Two prehistoric enclosures, field clearance cairns and unenclosed hut circle settlement north of Hart Heugh, 600m south west of Wooler Common
• Medieval shieling 600m south east of South Middleton
• Roman period native settlement 400m WSW of Carey Burn Bridge
• Enclosed settlement and subsidiary enclosure on east slope of Brands Hill, 700m south west of the south western edge of Broom Crook Plantation
• Marley Knowe round cairn
• Unenclosed hut circle settlement and field plots east of Rackside, 450m south west of Cowboy's Cairn
• Round cairn 760m south east of triangulation point on Gains Law
• Roman period native settlement on south eastern slope of Hart Heugh, 490m north west of Carey Burn Bridge
• Circular enclosure W of Second Linthaugh
• Green Castle ringwork 320m south west of Humbleton Mill
• Round cairn on the southern slope of Dod Hill, 800m NNE of The Dod
• Roman period native settlement 750m north west of Carey Burn Bridge
• Romano-British farmstead and part of an associated field system 630m south west of White Gables
• Prehistoric enclosures, Bronze Age field system, unenclosed round houses and three cairns NW of Langlee Crags, 900m south of Langlee
• Bronze Age cairnfield on north west slopes of Hart Heugh, 900m south west of Wooler Common
• Prehistoric enclosure, associated field system, cairnfield, round houses and medieval shielings on E and SE slopes of Brands Hill
• Cairnfield 420m south east of triangulation point on Gains Law
• Enclosed settlement 920m south east of Whitehall
• The Battle Stone, 650m WNW of Yeavering Farm
• Incised rocks 550yds (500m) NW of Doddington Dean Wood
• Rock art at Goatscrag, 200m north west of Routin Lynn
• The Ringses multivallate hillfort, Doddington Moor
• Roman period native enclosed settlement 360m south east of Broadstruther
• Settlement on the east slope of The Bell
• Romano-British farmstead 630m south west of White Gables
• Two Bronze Age round cairns and enclosed cremation cemetery 825m north west of Middleton Dean
• Hut circle 320m west of Threestoneburn House
• Roman period native settlement on the south east slopes of Brands Hill, 430m north west of Cowboy's Cairn
• Prehistoric field system and unenclosed hut circle settlement on eastern slopes of Hart Heugh, 550m south west of Earlehillhead
• Medieval shieling and enclosure 330m south west of Langlee
• Three Roman period native settlements and later droveway 750m south west of Torleehouse
• Settlement, probably medieval, SW of Torleehouse
• Defended settlement 900m west of Calder
• Camp 400yds (370m) NNE of Flodden
• Site SE of Yeavering
• Tathey Crags prehistoric unenclosed hut circle settlement
• Prehistoric field system, cairnfield, round cairns and enclosed cremation cemetery on east slopes of Fredden Hill, 750m west of Wooler Common
• Prehistoric cairnfield and unenclosed settlement, Romano-British village and field system and medieval field system on north east slopes of Brands Hill
• Defended settlement, 380m south west of Sandy House
• Defended settlement, 400m south west of Nesbit
• Weetwood Bank cup and ring marked rock, 290m north west of Wooler Post Office Radio Station
• Settlements SE of Heddon Hill
• Round cairn on the summit of Heddon Hill
• Romano-British native farmstead 970m north east of triangulation point on Gains Law
• Roman period native farmstead and associated scooped enclosures and trackways on east slope of Harehope Hill, 925m south east of High Akeld Cottages
• The Battle Stone
• Farmstead and cultivation terraces, ENE of Stawhouse
• Group of burial mounds on Doddington North Moor
• Multivallate hillfort, at Fenton Hill
• West Hill camp
• Roman period native settlements, field system and medieval shieling on the east slope of Brands Hill, 550m west of Middleton Old Town
• Two prehistoric hut circles and field enclosure 560m south west of Cowboy's Cairn
• The Ringles defended settlement 1025m north west of Middleton Dean
• Coupland henge and section of droveway, 170m SSW of Cheviot Cottage
• Defended settlement on White Hill, 700m south east of Kimmerston
• Settlement at the south end of The Bell
• Yeavering Bell camp
• Rock art on Weetwood Moor, 1km south west of Clavering
• Unenclosed hut circle settlement 1060m north west of Ilderton Moor