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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. Nith Bridge cross is situated 2,400 feet east of Burnhead.

Penpont Parish Church

Church

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Penpont Parish Church is situated 1 mile southwest of Burnhead.

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.

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. Carronbridge is situated 1½ miles north of Burnhead.

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