Auchenknight Ridge

Places of Interest

Drumlanrig Castle

Castle

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Drumlanrig Castle is situated on the Queensberry Estate in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The category A listed castle is the Dumfriesshire home of the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry.

Penpont Parish Church

Church

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Penpont Parish Church is situated 2 miles south of Auchenknight Ridge.

Nith Bridge cross

Monument

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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. Nith Bridge cross is situated 2 miles southeast of Auchenknight Ridge.

Places in the Area

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 2 miles south of Auchenknight Ridge.

Carronbridge

Village

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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. Carronbridge is situated 2 miles east of Auchenknight Ridge.

Thornhill

Town

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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 2½ miles southeast of Auchenknight Ridge.

Auchenknight Ridge

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