Old Keir Church
Old Keir Church is a ruins in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Old Keir Church is situated nearby to Keir Mill Parish Church, as well as near the forest Broomy Knowe.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Thornhill Hospital and Penpont Parish Church.
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 1½ miles northeast of Old Keir Church.
Penpont Parish Church
Church
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Penpont Parish Church is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Old Keir Church.
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 1½ miles north of Old Keir Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Penpont and Thornhill.
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.
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. Thornhill is situated 1½ miles northeast of Old Keir Church.
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 2 miles east of Old Keir Church.
Old Keir Church
- Type: Ruins
- Category: historic site
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.21937° or 55° 13′ 10″ northLongitude
-3.78891° or 3° 47′ 20″ westOpen location code
9C7R6696+PCOpenStreetMap ID
way 1450317449OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruins
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