Grennan Hill, Hillfort
Grennan Hill, Hillfort is an archaeological site in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Grennan Hill, Hillfort is situated nearby to the peak Ewe Hill, as well as near the forest Grennan Plantation.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tynron Doon and Penpont Parish Church.
Tynron Doon
Archaeological site
Photo: Scothill, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Tynron Doon is situated 4,100 feet southwest of Grennan Hill, Hillfort.
Penpont Parish Church
Church
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Penpont Parish Church is situated 1½ miles east of Grennan Hill, Hillfort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Penpont and Tynron.
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.
Tynron
Hamlet
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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. Tynron is situated 1½ miles southwest of Grennan Hill, Hillfort.
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 3½ miles east of Grennan Hill, Hillfort.
Grennan Hill, Hillfort
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.23581° or 55° 14′ 9″ northLongitude
-3.84888° or 3° 50′ 56″ westOpen location code
9C7R65P2+8COpenStreetMap ID
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historic=archaeological_site
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