Penpont
Penpont is a village about 2 miles west of Thornhill in Dumfriesshire, in the Dumfries and Galloway region of Scotland. It is near the confluence of the Shinnel Water and Scaur Water rivers in the foothills of the Southern Uplands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Penpoint”
Photo: David Hamilton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Penpont Parish Church and Tynron Doon.
Tynron Doon
Archaeological site
Photo: Scothill, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tynron Doon is a multivallate Iron Age hill fort outside the village of Tynron in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It was occupied on and off from the 1st millennium BC until the 16th century, when an L-shaped tower house stood there. Tynron Doon is situated 2 miles west of Penpont.
Thornhill Hospital
Hospital
Thornhill Hospital is a health facility in Townhead Street, Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Dumfries and Galloway. Thornhill Hospital is situated 2 miles east of Penpont.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thornhill and Tynron.
Thornhill
Town
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thornhill is a village in the Mid Nithsdale area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, south of Sanquhar and north of Dumfries on the main A76 road. Thornhill sits in the Nithsdale valley with the Carsphairn and Scaur range to the west and the Lowther hills to the east. Thornhill is situated 2 miles east of Penpont.
Tynron
Hamlet
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Tynron is a village and civil parish located in Dumfries and Galloway, in south-west Scotland. It lies in a hollow along the Shinnel Water, approximately 2 miles from the village of Moniaive. Tynron is situated 2½ miles west of Penpont.
Closeburn
Village
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Closeburn is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The village is on the A76 road 2+1⁄2 miles south of Thornhill. In the 2001 census, Closeburn had a population of 1,119. Closeburn is situated 3½ miles southeast of Penpont.
Penpont
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.23145° or 55° 13′ 53″ northLongitude
-3.81332° or 3° 48′ 48″ westElevation
233 feet (71 metres)Open location code
9C7R65JP+HMOpenStreetMap ID
node 329994457OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Penpont” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Penpont”
- Breton: “Penpont”
- Chinese: “彭庞特”
- Chinese: “彭龐特”
- Dutch: “Penpoint”
- Dutch: “Penpont”
- French: “Penpont”
- German: “Penpont”
- Irish: “Penpont”
- Italian: “Penpont”
- Japanese: “ペンポント”
- Korean: “펜포인트”
- Korean: “펜폰트”
- Scots: “Penpont, Dumfries an Gallowa”
- Scots: “Penpont”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Penpont”
- Swedish: “Penpont”
- Welsh: “Penpont”
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Notable Places Nearby
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