Gilsland is a Village in the county of Northumberland.

Gilsland postcode: CA8 7BQ

Retail in Gilsland

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

Villages to visit near Gilsland include Milfield, Craster, and Bamburgh.

Milfield North Henge is a great place to visit close to Gilsland if you like ancient sites.

Don't miss Embleton Bay, and Bamburgh Beach's beaches if visiting the area around Gilsland.

The area around Gilsland features a number of interesting hiking areas including Dunstanburgh, Sycamore Gap, and Hadrian's Wall near Hexham.

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

Places near Gilsland feature a number of interesting castles including Dunstanburgh Castle.

There are a several good ruins in the Gilsland area like Dunstanburgh Castle, WWII Sandbag Pillbox, and Old Limekiln at Dunstanburgh.

There are a several good islands in the area around Gilsland like Farne Islands.

Hexham is a great place to visit close to Gilsland if you like towns.

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

There are a number of historic monuments near to Gilsland including Flodden.

Gilsland History

There are some historic monuments around Gilsland:

• Shieling 150m south of Tinkler Crags
• Two shielings below Crying Crag
• RAF Spadeadam: British Oxygen Corporation Air Separation Plant
• Roachburn Colliery
• Roman signal station on Mains Rigg
• Medieval fishponds and moat at Denton Hall
• Round cairn 610m south east of High Grains
• Shieling north of Jerrycalf Rigg
• The westernmost of two shielings on the left bank of Small Burn
• Throp Roman fortlet
• The easternmost of two shielings on the left bank of Small Burn
• Shieling, 670m south west of Spy Crags
• Thirlwall Castle
• Shieling at Sundayburn Linn
• Antonstown medieval dispersed settlement 450m south east of Crew Farm
• The westernmost of two shielings below Rowantree Crag
• Prehistoric cup marked stone 380m south of Gillalees
• Standing stone on Standingstone Rigg
• Shieling, 500m south west of Spy Crags
• Nether Denton Roman fort, associated vicus and length of Stanegate Roman road
• Stone hut circle 740m east of Woodhead
• Maiden Way Roman road over Hartleyburn Common and Glendue Fell
• Hadrian's Wall between Walltown Quarry East and Walltown Quarry West in wall mile 45
• Hadrian's Wall, vallum, section of the Stanegate Roman road and a Roman temporary camp between the B6318 road and Poltross Burn in wall miles 46 and 47
• The Hill medieval dispersed settlement and an early post-medieval settlement 400m east of Ashycroft
• The Curricks camp
• Chapel Rigg Roman temporary camp
• Shieling, 500m east of Stowerhill Plantation
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement on Grey Hill 930m south east of Ashycroft
• Maiden Way Roman road from B6318 to 450m SW of High House, Gillalees Beacon signal station and Beacon Pasture early post-medieval dispersed settlement
• RAF Spadeadam: Blue Streak Underground Launcher Facility
• Sunny Rigg 1 Roman temporary camp
• The Stonehouse bastle, 240m north of Denton Foot
• Medieval shieling 800m east of Woodhead
• Barron's Pike bowl barrow
• Hennel Cleugh bowl barrow, 785m south west of High Grains Farm
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundaries east of milecastle 50 and the boundary west of Coombe Crag in wall miles 50 and 51
• Stone hut circle and round cairn 800m east of Woodhead
• Crooks Roman temporary camp
• Hazel Gill shieling
• St Cuthbert's Church, 100m north west of Upper Denton Farm
• Shielings and later farmstead on Cock Law, 600m north west of Horseholme
• Shieling 290m south west of Benty Sike
• Moated site at Upper Denton
• High Grains bastle and shieling 130m west of High Grains Farm
• Willowford Roman temporary camp
• The vallum between Cockmount Hill and Walltown Quarry West in wall miles 43, 44 and 45
• The section of Stanegate Roman road from Fell End Roman temporary camp to the track to Old Shield, and the Roman cemetery adjacent to Carvoran Roman fort
• Braes Pele medieval tower and shielings 350m east of Borderrigg
• 19th century zinc spelter works and 20th century fume works at Tindale and the Great Battery - part of Lord Carlisle's rail system, 290m SW of Riggfoot Farm
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Coombe Crag and Banks Green Cottage and the road to Lanercost at Banks in wall miles 51 and 52
• Romano-British farmstead and post-medieval farmstead at Watch Hill
• Foresthead lime kilns, quarry, associated buildings and part of the rail transportation system
• Enclosure castle known as Triermain Castle
• Shieling on Foulbog Rigg; the easternmost of a group of seven
• RAF Spadeadam: Greymare Hill Missile Test Area
• Dollerline medieval dispersed settlement 250m north of Bush Farm
• RAF Spadeadam: Component Test Area
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum and their associated features between Poltross Burn and the River Irthing in wall mile 48
• Birdoswald Roman fort and the section of Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the River Irthing and the field boundaries east of milecastle 50
• Eight Roman inscriptions in the Roman quarry in Combcrag Wood, 350m south of Hadrian's Wall
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Carvoran Roman fort and the west side of the B6318 road in wall mile 46
• RAF Spadeadam: Priorlancy Rigg, Engine Test Area
• Shieling on N bank of Irthing below Bells Braes
• Hadrian's Wall between the track to Cockmount Hill and Walltown Quarry East in wall miles 43, 44 and 45
• Group of shielings, 100m north of Tinkler Crags
• Blenkinsopp Castle (uninhabited parts)
• Fell End Roman temporary camp and section of the Stanegate Roman road
• Low Grains bastle
• Bastle at Upper Denton
• Early post-medieval dispersed settlement on Mount Hulie
• Shieling, 110m south of Bull Crag
• The easternmost of two shielings below Rowantree Crag
• Shieling on Foulbog Rigg; one of a group of seven
• Shieling 900m north east of Rotheryhaugh
• High Grains medieval pele tower and three shielings 200m west of High Grains Farm
• Carvoran Roman fort and Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the unclassified road to Old Shield and the field boundary west of the fort in wall miles 45 and 46