Banktop

Banktop is a locality in Thirlwall, Northumberland, England. Banktop is situated nearby to the locality Foul Town, as well as near the village Greenhead.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Milecastle 47 and Thirlwall Castle.

Milecastle 47

Archaeological site

Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Milecastle 47 was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall.

Thirlwall Castle

Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thirlwall Castle is a 12th-century castle in Northumberland, England, on the bank of the River Tipalt close to the village of Greenhead and approximately 20 miles west of Hexham.

Magnis

Archaeological site

Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Magnis or Magna was a Roman fort near Hadrian's Wall in northern Britain. Its ruins are now known as Carvoran Roman Fort and are located near Carvoran, Northumberland, in northern England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gilsland and Haltwhistle.

Gilsland

Village

Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gilsland is a village in northern England about 20 miles west of Hexham, and about 18 miles east of Carlisle, which straddles the border between Cumbria and Northumberland.

Haltwhistle is a market town in Northumberland, along the route between Newcastle and Carlisle, with a population of 4650 in 2021. It contrived to be named for a railway halt over 600 years before that railway arrived: Hautwysel means a hill between two forks of a river. Hadrian's Wall is the main reason to visit, the Roman frontier defence built in 122 AD.

Rowfoot

Hamlet

Rowfoot is a hamlet in the civil parish of Featherstone, in Northumberland, England. It was historically served by Featherstone Park railway station. Rowfoot is situated 3½ miles southeast of Banktop.

Banktop

Type: Locality
Location: Thirlwall, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.98241° or 54° 58′ 57″ north

Longitude

-2.54733° or 2° 32′ 50″ west

Open location code

9C6VXFJ3+X3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 369698288

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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