Tynron Doon
Tynron Doon is a hill in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland and has an elevation of 951 feet. Tynron Doon is situated nearby to the village Penpont, as well as near the hamlet Keir Mill.Places of Interest
Highlights include Tynron Doon and Penpont Parish Church.
Tynron Doon
Archaeological site
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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.
Penpont Parish Church
Church
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Penpont Parish Church is situated 2 miles east of Tynron Doon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tynron and 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.
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 east of Tynron Doon.
Moniaive
Village
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Moniaive is a village in the Parish of Glencairn, in Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland. It stands on the Cairn and Dalwhat Waters, 16 miles north-west of the town of Dumfries. Moniaive is situated 3 miles southwest of Tynron Doon.
Tynron Doon
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 951 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.22566° or 55° 13′ 32″ northLongitude
-3.85708° or 3° 51′ 26″ westElevation
951 feet (290 metres)Open location code
9C7R64GV+75GeoNames ID
12619544
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