Maxwelltown War Memorial

Maxwelltown War Memorial is a memorial in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Maxwelltown War Memorial is situated nearby to the historic building St Benedict’s Convent, as well as near the pitch Dumfries Saints RFC.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dumfries Museum and Palmerston Park.

Dumfries Museum

Museum

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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 1,600 feet northeast of Maxwelltown War Memorial.

Palmerston Park

Stadium

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Palmerston Park is a football stadium on Terregles Street in Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is the home ground of Scottish League One club Queen of the South, who have played there since 1919. Palmerston Park is situated 2,800 feet north of Maxwelltown War Memorial.

HM Prison Dumfries

Prison

HM Prison Dumfries services the courts of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The establishment serves as a local community prison that holds adult and under 21 males who are remanded in custody for trial and those convicted but remanded for reports. HM Prison Dumfries is situated 2,100 feet northwest of Maxwelltown War Memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maxwelltown and Troqueer.

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.

Troqueer

Suburb

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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.

Dumfries

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Dumfries is the principal town of Dumfries and Galloway in southwest Scotland. It's a pleasant market town, with a population of 46,500 in 2020. Robert Burns the poet spent his last years here: from 1788 to 1791 at Ellisland Farm 7 miles north, then in Dumfries town until his death, aged 37.

Maxwelltown War Memorial

Type: Memorial
Category: historic site
Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.06285° or 55° 3′ 46″ north

Longitude

-3.62127° or 3° 37′ 17″ west

Inception

1921

Open location code

9C7R397H+4F

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9297633711

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include St Benedict’s Convent and Dumfries Saints RFC.

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