Thornhill Market Cross

Thornhill Market Cross is a monument in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Thornhill Market Cross is situated nearby to Thornhill Bowling Club, as well as near the sports venue TFW Ros-Fit.

Photo: derek menzies, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Monument
Description: market cross in Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “Mercat Cross”, “Thornhill Cross”, and “Thornhill, Drumlanrig Street, Market Cross”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Thornhill Hospital and Wallace Hall.

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 1,800 feet south of Thornhill Market 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 1,300 feet east of Thornhill Market Cross.

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 3,200 feet west of Thornhill Market Cross.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thornhill and Carronbridge.

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 Thornhill Market Cross.

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. Penpont is situated 2 miles west of Thornhill Market Cross.

Thornhill Market Cross

Categories: market cross and historic site
Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.24075° or 55° 14′ 27″ north

Longitude

-3.7649° or 3° 45′ 54″ west

Inception

1741

Open location code

9C7R66RP+82

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8343576773

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=monument

Wikidata ID

Q17567621

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In Other Languages

“Thornhill Market Cross” goes by many names.

German: “Thornhill Cross”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Thornhill Bowling Club and TFW Ros-Fit.

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