Tynron Doon
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.Photo: Scothill, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Penpont Parish Church.
Penpont Parish Church
Church
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Penpont Parish Church is situated 2 miles east of Tynron Doon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tynron and Penpont.
Tynron
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: Kevin Rae, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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: Archaeological site
- Description: hillfort in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Categories: hillfort, contour fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.22556° or 55° 13′ 32″ northLongitude
-3.85703° or 3° 51′ 25″ westOpen location code
9C7R64GV+65OpenStreetMap ID
node 3818323117OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q7860572
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