Kirknewton is a Village in the county of Northumberland.

Retail in Kirknewton

There are great places to visit near Kirknewton 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 some of Kirknewton best villages to visit near Kirknewton.

There are a several good ancient sites in the area around Kirknewton like Milfield North Henge.

The area around Kirknewton features a number of interesting beaches including Embleton Bay, and Bamburgh Beach.

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

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

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

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

Farne Islands is one of Kirknewton's best, nearby islands to visit in Kirknewton.

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

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

Flodden is one of Kirknewton's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Kirknewton.

Kirknewton History

There are some historic monuments around Kirknewton:

• Site SW of Thirlings
• Glead's Cleugh Iron Age promontory fort
• Prehistoric hut circle on Harehope Hill, 400m south east of Gleadscleugh
• Hut circle 320m west of Threestoneburn House
• Hut circle 920m SSW of Mounthooly
• Kaim Knowe,farmstead 850m E of Sourhope Secular: farmstead SM4890
• Round cairn 100m south of Torleehouse
• Prehistoric unenclosed hut circle and field plot at Lamb Crag
• Round cairn 550m NNW of Southernknowe
• Prehistoric hut circle 540m south of Gleadscleugh
• Settlement SW of Mid Hill
• Roman period native settlement on south eastern slope of Hart Heugh, 490m north west of Carey Burn Bridge
• Bronze Age field system on Fredden Hill
• Hetha Burn defended settlement, Roman period native enclosed settlement and associated trackways
• Ewart Park henge
• Roman period native homestead 400m south of Humbleton Hill hillfort
• Roman period aggregate village on Coldsmouth Hill, 650m south east of St Ethelrede's Chapel
• Romano-British native farmstead 970m north east of triangulation point on Gains Law
• Trowupburn Roman period native enclosed settlement, 120m north of Trowupburn Farm
• Roman period native enclosed settlement 370m WNW of Great Hetha defended settlement
• Circular enclosure W of Second Linthaugh
• Ford Colliery 920m north east of Blackcrag Wood
• Flodden camp
• Cocklawfoot,farmstead,homestead,settlement & field systems 500m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: homestead; Secular: farmstead SM5019
• Camp 400yds (370m) NNE of Flodden
• Yeavering Bell camp
• Fasset Hill,cultivation terraces Prehistoric domestic and defensive: cultivation terraces SM2431
• Roman period native farmstead 550m SW of Trowupburn Farm
• Hut circle settlements and field systems at Hetha Burn Head
• Romano-British settlements E of Yeavering Bell containing the Old Sheepfold settlement and settlements to the W and S of it
• Unenclosed settlement, part of a field system, Romano-British aggregate village and group of shielings, 470m south east of Whitehall
• Roman period native settlement 750m north west of Carey Burn Bridge
• Roman period native settlement 400m WSW of Carey Burn Bridge
• Prehistoric unenclosed hut circle settlement, field system and cairnfield 340m south west of triangulation point on Gains Law
• Prehistoric enclosures, Bronze Age field system, unenclosed round houses and three cairns NW of Langlee Crags, 900m south of Langlee
• Rock art at Goatscrag, 200m north west of Routin Lynn
• Auchope,settlement 550m SSE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM4871
• Roman period native settlement 340m east of Hethpool Linn
• Little Hetha defended settlement
• Sinkside Hill defended settlement
• Henge, pit-circle and later cemetery, 850m north east of Millfield Hill
• Two prehistoric enclosures, field clearance cairns and unenclosed hut circle settlement north of Hart Heugh, 600m south west of Wooler Common
• Old Halterburnhead,homestead 600m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: homestead SM4669
• Settlement at Scaldhill Shank
• Roman period native enclosed farmstead 370m WNW of Southernknowe
• Two Roman period native settlements and associated field system on Coldberry Hill
• Ell's Knowe defended settlement and earlier palisaded site
• Shieling 930m SSW of Mounthooly
• House platform north west of Laddie's Knowe settlement
• Fawcett Shank defended settlement, 620m SSE of Fleehope
• Auchope,homestead 475m WSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: homestead SM4829
• Auchope,settlement 325m NW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM4780
• Roman period native settlement 200m SSE of Staw Hill defended settlement
• Hut circle 770m south east of White Gables
• Prehistoric field system and cairnfield east of Watch Hill, 520m NNE of footbridge over Carey Burn
• Parson's Tower
• Ford Westfield settlement
• Marley Knowe round cairn
• Prehistoric unenclosed hut circle settlement west of Monday Cleugh, 520m SSE of Gleadscleugh
• Ring Chesters defended settlement
• Downham camp
• Settlement N of White Law
• Settlement at the south end of The Bell
• Site E of Milfield village
• Bonnie Laws,cairn 700m N of Cocklawfoot Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM4994
• Hethpool stone circles
• Cairnfield 400m north of Threestoneburn House
• Roman period native enclosed farmstead 320m north west of Southernknowe
• Southernknowe Roman period native enclosed settlement and clearance cairns, 280m north of Sutherland Bridge
• Hethpool tower house
• Rock art including four animal carvings at Goatscrag rock shelter, 155m north west of Routin Lynn
• Roman period native enclosed farmstead, 470m ESE of Fleehope
• The King's Stone NW of Crookham Westfield Farm
• Cornhill Castle
• The Battle Stone, 650m WNW of Yeavering Farm
• Settlement on the east slope of The Bell
• Iron Age defended settlement and cultivation terraces 600m north east of Brown's Law Cottage
• Settlement, field systems and terraces on the south east slope of Yeavering Bell
• Henge 600yds (550m) E of Akeld Lodge
• Settlement on north slope of Yeavering Bell
• Stob Stones,standing stones Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM1689
• Roman period native farmstead 320m north east of Longknowe
• Roman period native enclosed settlement 600m north east of Elsdonburn Shank
• Cairnfield 420m south east of triangulation point on Gains Law
• Romano-British farmstead 760m north of Whitehall
• Shieling at Southernknowe, 530m SSE of Whitehall
• Hut circle, cultivation terraces and farmstead of later prehistoric date, and medieval settlement and field system 800m and 740m south of Elsdonburn Shank
• Prehistoric enclosed settlement, Iron Age hillfort and medieval shielings on Humbleton Hill
• Roman period native settlement 250m west of Elsdonburn Shank
• Three Roman period native settlements and later droveway 750m south west of Torleehouse
• Shieling and enclosure 840m SSW of Mounthooly
• Two medieval shielings on Akeld Hill, 680m WNW of Gleadscleugh
• Roman period native enclosed settlement and medieval sheiling 165m north east of Dunsdale
• Fordwood camp, Broomridge Dean
• Roman period native settlement, associated field system and trackway, and medieval farmstead 270m south of Torleehouse
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 120m north west of Gleadscleugh
• Enclosed settlement, 620m south east of Cornhill Castle
• Madam Law Cairn
• Prehistoric field system and unenclosed hut circle settlement on eastern slopes of Hart Heugh, 550m south west of Earlehillhead
• Settlement north of Coldburn
• Flodden Edge camp
• Settlements and cairn east of Laddies Knowe
• Tathey Crags prehistoric unenclosed hut circle settlement
• Burnt Humbleton,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM4668
• Round cairn 540m NNW of Southernknowe
• Roman period native enclosed settlement 360m south east of Broadstruther
• Enclosed settlement west of Mid Hill
• Roman period native enclosed settlement 270m ESE of Fleehope
• Auchope,scooped homestead 80m NW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: scooped homestead SM4827
• St Gregory's Hill camp
• North Black Hagg defended settlement
• Medieval shieling and enclosure 330m south west of Langlee
• Five shielings 620m NNE of Elsdonburn Shank
• Fasset Hill,palisaded settlement Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded settlement SM6003
• Settlement on north east slope of Yeavering Bell
• Bonnie Laws,settlement and field system 850m NE of Cocklawfoot Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM5739
• Prehistoric unenclosed hut circle settlement and field system on Snear Hill, 700m west of the western edge of Coronation Wood
• West Hill camp
• Roman period native farmstead north west of Long Crags, 600m south east of Langleeford
• Roman period native farmstead and associated scooped enclosures and trackways on east slope of Harehope Hill, 925m south east of High Akeld Cottages
• Southern ring cairn on Coldsmouth Hill
• Sourhope,scooped settlement 1050m ENE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: scooped settlement SM4745
• Mid Hill enclosed settlement, Westnewton
• East Moneylaws camp
• Howtel tower house
• Bronze Age unenclosed settlement and field system with burial cairns south west of Brands Hill, 350m ENE of Langlee
• Roman period native settlement on east slope of Mid Hill, 520m south of Staw Hill Camp
• Round cairn 760m south east of triangulation point on Gains Law
• Enclosed native settlements, cultivation terraces and cairn field south west of Mounthooly
• Roman period native enclosed settlement 700m south of Ring Chesters defended settlement
• Castle Hill camp
• Bronze Age round house on Fredden Hill 880m south west of Bell's Valley
• Roman period native scooped enclosure, 930m north east of Langlee
• Unenclosed Bronze Age hut circle and clearance cairn 800m ESE of Langlee
• Enclosed settlement and subsidiary enclosures 160m N of Ring Chesters defended settlement
• Roman period native enclosed settlement 460m north of Sutherland Bridge
• Prehistoric enclosure south west of Brands Hill and 870m east of Langlee
• Coupland henge and section of droveway, 170m SSW of Cheviot Cottage
• Bronze Age cairnfield, prehistoric enclosure, Romano-British settlement and medieval shielings 500m south of Mounthooly
• Settlement north west of Ell's Knowe
• Staw Hill defended settlement
• Ad Gefrin Anglo-Saxon township and prehistoric remains
• Romano-British farmstead 630m south west of White Gables
• Shieling 950m SSW of Mounthooly
• Defended settlement on White Hill, 700m south east of Kimmerston
• Site SE of Yeavering
• Romano-British farmstead 900m north east of triangulation point on Gains Law
• Elsdonburn Roman period native settlements and medieval shieling
• Romano British settlement, 655m north east of Lanton Hill Monument
• Bronze Age cairnfield on north west slopes of Hart Heugh, 900m south west of Wooler Common
• Enclosed settlement 920m south east of Whitehall
• Hazely Hill round cairn
• Iron Age multivallate hillfort and prehistoric trackway at Monday Cleugh
• Roman period native enclosed settlement 480m north of Sutherland Bridge
• The Battle Stone
• Defended settlement on north slope of Harehope Hill, 570m south east of High Akled Cottages
• Trowupburn cairn group
• Auchope,scooped homestead 400m SW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: scooped homestead SM4746
• Romano-British farmstead and part of an associated field system 630m south west of White Gables
• Romano-British settlement 810m south east of Whitehall
• Bronze Age round cairn on summit of Hart Heugh, 780m south west of Earlehillhead
• Settlement, probably medieval, SW of Torleehouse
• Moneylaws Castle Hill camp
• Defended settlement, 380m south west of Sandy House
• Prehistoric field system, cairnfield, round cairns and enclosed cremation cemetery on east slopes of Fredden Hill, 750m west of Wooler Common
• Two incised rocks on Broom Ridge, Hunter's Moor
• Settlement 500yds (460m) SW of White Law
• Settlement WSW of Ell's Knowe
• Prehistoric unenclosed hut circle settlement south east of Long Crags
• Sourhope,settlements and field system 1600m ENE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: platform settlement SM4835
• Round cairn 435m south west of Langlee
• Bronze Age unenclosed hut circle settlement, field system and cairnfield, 630m south west of triangulation point on Gains Law
• Unenclosed scooped settlement on the east slope of Harehope Hill, 750m south east of High Akeld Cottages
• Two round cairns south west of Tuppie's Grave
• Farmstead and cultivation terraces, ENE of Stawhouse
• Medieval shieling and enclosure 340m north west of Gleadscleugh
• Etal Castle tower house
• Steer Rig,palisaded settlement 820m ENE of Old Halterburnhead Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded enclosure SM4558
• Northern ring cairn on Coldsmouth Hill
• Stone circle and stone alignment 370m west of Threestoneburn House
• Great Hetha defended settlement