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.

There are a several good villages in the Gilsland area like Milfield, Craster, and Bamburgh.

Gilsland is near some unmissable ancient sites like Milfield North Henge,

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

Dunstanburgh, Sycamore Gap, and Hadrian's Wall near Hexham are some of Gilsland best hiking areas to visit near Gilsland.

There are a number of geological features near Gilsland including Gull Crag and the Rumble Churn, Greymare Rock, and Sycamore Gap.

Gilsland is near some unmissable castles like Dunstanburgh Castle,

The area around Gilsland boasts some of the best ruins including Dunstanburgh Castle, WWII Sandbag Pillbox, and Old Limekiln at Dunstanburgh.

Gilsland is near some unmissable islands like Farne Islands,

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

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

Gilsland is near some unmissable historic monuments like Flodden,

Gilsland History

There are some historic monuments around Gilsland:

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