Mennock
Mennock is a small village or hamlet which lies 2 miles south-east of Sanquhar on the A76, in Dumfriesshire, in the District Council Region of Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: hamlet in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Menock”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sanquhar Castle and Sanquhar railway station.
Sanquhar Castle
Castle
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sanquhar Castle, now a ruin, was built in the 13th century; the ruins are situated north east of Dumfries overlooking the River Nith. Situated on the southern approach to the former royal burgh of Sanquhar in Dumfries and Galloway, south west Scotland, it sits on the trail of the Southern Upland Way. Sanquhar Castle is situated 1½ miles northwest of Mennock.
Sanquhar railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sanquhar railway station is a railway station in the village of Sanquhar, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line. Sanquhar railway station is situated 2 miles northwest of Mennock.
Kemp’s Castle, Euchan Water
Archaeological site
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kemp’s Castle, Euchan Water is an archaeological site, which is situated 2½ miles west of Mennock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sanquhar and Wanlockhead.
Sanquhar
Town
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sanquhar is a town on the River Nith in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, north of Thornhill and west of Moffat. It is a former Royal Burgh. It is notable for its tiny post office, established in 1712 and considered the oldest working post office in the world. Sanquhar is situated 2 miles northwest of Mennock.
Wanlockhead
Village
Wanlockhead is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, nestling in the Lowther Hills and 1 mile south of Leadhills at the head of the Mennock Pass, which forms part of the Southern Uplands. Wanlockhead is situated 5 miles northeast of Mennock.
Mennock
- Categories: hamlet and locality
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.35123° or 55° 21′ 4″ northLongitude
-3.88093° or 3° 52′ 51″ westElevation
427 feet (130 metres)Open location code
9C7R9429+FJOpenStreetMap ID
node 421621055OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scots—“Mennock” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Mennock”
- French: “Mennock”
- Scots: “Mennock”
- Scots: “Minnock”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mennock”. Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.