Mote of Troqueer
Mote of Troqueer is an archaeological site in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Mote of Troqueer is situated nearby to Troqueer Parish Church, Troqueer Road, Dumfries, as well as near Troqueer Cemetery.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Troqueer Parish Church, Troqueer Road, Dumfries and Kirkpatrick Macmillan footbridge.
Troqueer Parish Church, Troqueer Road, Dumfries
Church
Photo: Grant McIntosh Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Troqueer Parish Church, Troqueer Road, Dumfries is situated 720 feet north of Mote of Troqueer.
Kirkpatrick Macmillan footbridge
Bridge
Photo: Chris Newman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kirkpatrick Macmillan footbridge is situated 750 feet east of Mote of Troqueer.
Dumfries Museum
Museum
Photo: FutureMuseumSW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dumfries Museum and Camera Obscura, located in Dumfries in Dumfries & Galloway, is the largest museum in the region. The museum has extensive collections relating to local and history from the pre-historic era. Dumfries Museum is situated 3,200 feet northwest of Mote of Troqueer.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Troqueer and Maxwelltown.
Troqueer
Suburb
Photo: Chris Newman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Troqueer is a former village and a parish in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway on the west side of the River Nith. The eastern-side was merged with Dumfries to the east in 1929, and today eastern Troqueer is a suburb of Dumfries.
Maxwelltown
Suburb
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Maxwelltown was formerly a burgh of barony and police burgh and by the time of the burgh's abolition in 1929 it was the most populous burgh in the county of Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.
The Crichton
Suburb
Photo: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Crichton is an institutional campus in Dumfries in southwest Scotland. It serves as a remote campus for the University of Glasgow, the University of the West of Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway College, and the Open University.
Mote of Troqueer
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.05752° or 55° 3′ 27″ northLongitude
-3.60732° or 3° 36′ 26″ westOpen location code
9C7R395V+23OpenStreetMap ID
node 13671305452OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Troqueer Cemetery and Castledykes Park.
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