Loch Whinyeon
Loch Whinyeon is in Scotland, United Kingdom. Loch Whinyeon is situated nearby to the hamlet Gordon’s Cairn, as well as near Pulcree.Places of Interest
Highlights include Rusco Tower.
Rusco Tower
Building
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rusco Tower, sometimes called Rusco Castle, is a tower house near Gatehouse of Fleet in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Built around 1500 for Mariota Carson and her husband Robert Gordon, on lands given to them by her father, it was used to incarcerate a number of the Gordons' rivals in the 16th century. Rusco Tower is situated 2½ miles west of Loch Whinyeon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Twynholm.
Twynholm
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Twynholm is a village in Scotland. It is located 2+1⁄4 miles north-northwest of Kirkcudbright and 4+1⁄2 miles east of Gatehouse of Fleet on the main A75 trunk road. Twynholm is situated 4½ miles southeast of Loch Whinyeon.
Loch Whinyeon
- Type: Body of water
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.92323° or 54° 55′ 24″ northLongitude
-4.14861° or 4° 8′ 55″ westElevation
784 feet (239 metres)Open location code
9C6QWVF2+7HOpenStreetMap ID
way 142039621OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterGeoNames ID
2634151
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