The Battle Stone
The Battle Stone is a monument in Akeld, Northumberland, England. The Battle Stone is situated nearby to the battlefield Homildon Hill, as well as near the hamlet Akeld.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Green Castle and Coupland Castle.
Green Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Green Castle is an archaeological site, which is situated 1¼ miles southeast of The Battle Stone.
Coupland Castle
Castle
Photo: Lisa Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coupland Castle is situated in the village of Coupland, 4 miles to the north-west of Wooler, Northumberland, England. It is a Grade I listed building. The Grade I listed "castle" is actually a tower house "built after 1584, with irregular later additions". Coupland Castle is situated 2½ miles northwest of The Battle Stone.
St Ninian’s Catholic Church, Wooler
Church
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Ninian’s church is a Catholic place of worship situated on Burnhouse Road in the town of Wooler in Northumberland, England. It is a Grade II listed building and is within the Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle. St Ninian’s Catholic Church, Wooler is situated 1½ miles southeast of The Battle Stone.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Akeld and Wooler.
Akeld
Hamlet
Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Akeld is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. It is situated around 2.7 miles to the west of Wooler and 9.3 miles from the border with Scotland at Coldstream.
Wooler
Photo: habiloid, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wooler is a town in Northumberland, on a lowland route into Scotland that skirts the Cheviot Hills, with a population of 2000 in 2021. "Situated in an ill-cultivated country under the influence of vast mountains, from whence it is subject to impetuous rains" was the Norman conquerors' dismal assessment of it in 1107.
Yeavering
Hamlet
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yeavering is a hamlet in the north-east corner of the civil parish of Kirknewton in the English county of Northumberland. It is located on the River Glen at the northern edge of the Cheviot Hills. Yeavering is situated 2 miles west of The Battle Stone.
The Battle Stone
- Type: Monument
- Description: architectural structure in Akeld, Northumberland, England, UK
- Categories: architectural structure and historic site
- Location: Akeld, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.55878° or 55° 33′ 32″ northLongitude
-2.05197° or 2° 3′ 7″ westOpen location code
9C7VHW5X+G6OpenStreetMap ID
node 13205355501OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q17664772
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Highlights include Homildon Hill and Camp.
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