Crichope Linn
Crichope Linn or Crichop Linn, originally Creehope is a gorge and waterfall near Gatelawbridge in Dumfries and Galloway, southern Scotland. Linn is the Scots language word for waterfall.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: gorge in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK containing a number of waterfalls
- Also known as: “Crichope Burn”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Thornhill Hospital and Wallace Hall.
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 west of Crichope Linn.
Wallace Hall
School
Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
Wallace Hall is a non-denominational, co-educational state comprehensive school located in Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. The school operates across a single modern campus and provides continuous education from early years through to secondary level, encompassing a nursery, primary school, and secondary school under unified leadership. Wallace Hall is situated 2 miles west of Crichope Linn.
Closeburn Castle
House
Photo: Kirkpatrick, CC BY 2.5.
Closeburn Castle is a privately owned tower house, probably of the 14th century, but possibly older, and is one of the oldest continually inhabited houses in Scotland. Closeburn Castle is situated 1½ miles south of Crichope Linn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Closeburn and Thornhill.
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 1½ miles southwest of Crichope Linn.
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 west of Crichope Linn.
Penpont
Village
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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. Penpont is situated 4 miles west of Crichope Linn.
Crichope Linn
- Categories: linn, waterfall, and body of water
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Crichope Linn” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Crichope Linn”
- Scots: “Crichope Linn”
- Swedish: “Crichope Linn”
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