Nith Bridge cross
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Monument
- Description: Anglian sculptured cross shaft, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Boatford cross”, “Nith Bridge Cross”, “Nith Bridge,cross 180m W of”, and “Thornhill, Nith Bridge, Cross”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Thornhill Hospital and Thornhill Market Cross.
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 Hospital is situated 3,300 feet southeast of Nith Bridge cross.
Thornhill Market Cross
Monument
Photo: derek menzies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thornhill Market Cross is a monument, which is situated 3,200 feet east of Nith Bridge cross.
Wallace Hall
School
Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
Wallace Hall is a non-denominational, co-educational state comprehensive school located in Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. The school operates across a single modern campus and provides continuous education from early years through to secondary level, encompassing a nursery, primary school, and secondary school under unified leadership. Wallace Hall is situated 1 mile east of Nith Bridge cross.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thornhill and Penpont.
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.
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.
Closeburn
Village
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Closeburn is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The village is on the A76 road 2+1⁄2 miles south of Thornhill. In the 2001 census, Closeburn had a population of 1,119. Closeburn is situated 2½ miles southeast of Nith Bridge cross.
Nith Bridge cross
- Categories: stone cross and historic site
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.24046° or 55° 14′ 26″ northLongitude
-3.78042° or 3° 46′ 50″ westOpen location code
9C7R66R9+5ROpenStreetMap ID
node 3485372238OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q56666447
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In Other Languages
“Nith Bridge cross” goes by many names.
- Portuguese: “Cruz da Ponte Nith”
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Highlights include Briery Park and Boatbrae Wood.
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