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.

There are a number of ancient sites near to Gilsland including Milfield North Henge.

Embleton Bay, and Bamburgh Beach are great places to visit near Gilsland if you like beaches.

Hiking Areas to visit near Gilsland include Dunstanburgh, Sycamore Gap, and Hadrian's Wall near Hexham.

The area around Gilsland boasts some of the best geological features including Gull Crag and the Rumble Churn, Greymare Rock, and Sycamore Gap.

Gilsland is near some unmissable castles like Dunstanburgh Castle,

Gilsland's best nearby ruins can be found at Dunstanburgh Castle, WWII Sandbag Pillbox, and Old Limekiln at Dunstanburgh.

Places near Gilsland feature a number of interesting islands including Farne Islands.

Places near Gilsland feature a number of interesting towns including Hexham.

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

The area close to Gilsland boasts some of the best historic monuments including Flodden.

Gilsland History

There are some historic monuments around Gilsland:

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