Carron Water
Carron Water is a stream in Scotland, United Kingdom. Carron Water is situated nearby to the town Thornhill, as well as near the village Carronbridge.Places of Interest
Highlights include Nith Bridge cross and Thornhill Hospital.
Nith Bridge cross
Monument
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Nith Bridge cross is a sculptured Anglo-Saxon cross, near the village of Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway. It is the best preserved monument of its type in the region, after the Ruthwell Cross, although the arms are missing.
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 Market Cross
Monument
Photo: derek menzies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thornhill Market Cross is a monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thornhill and Carronbridge.
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.
Carronbridge
Village
Photo: Kevin Rae, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carronbridge is a village in the parish of Morton in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The village is at the junction of the A76 and A702 roads approximately 1 mile north of Thornhill.
Penpont
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 1½ miles southwest of Carron Water.
Carron Water
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.25° or 55° 15′ northLongitude
-3.78333° or 3° 47′ westElevation
157 feet (48 metres)Open location code
9C7R7628+2MGeoNames ID
2653660
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