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.

The area around Gilsland features a number of interesting villages including Milfield, Craster, and Bamburgh.

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

Gilsland's best nearby beaches can be found at Embleton Bay, and Bamburgh Beach.

Gilsland's best nearby hiking areas can be found at Dunstanburgh, Sycamore Gap, and Hadrian's Wall near Hexham.

Gull Crag and the Rumble Churn, Greymare Rock, and Sycamore Gap are great places to visit near Gilsland if you like geological features.

Don't miss Dunstanburgh Castle's castles if visiting the area around Gilsland.

Ruins to visit near Gilsland include Dunstanburgh Castle, WWII Sandbag Pillbox, and Old Limekiln at Dunstanburgh.

Farne Islands is a great place to visit close to Gilsland if you like islands.

Don't miss Hexham's towns if visiting the area around Gilsland.

Roman Sites to visit near Gilsland include Hadrian's Wall near Hexham, and Chesters Roman Fort.

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

Gilsland History

There are some historic monuments around Gilsland:

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