Spoil Heap

Spoil Heap is in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Spoil Heap is situated nearby to the forest Bridge-end Cleuch, as well as near the park Crawick Multiverse.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sanquhar railway station and St Bride’s Church, Church Road, Sanquhar.

Sanquhar railway station

Railway station

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sanquhar railway station is a railway station in the village of Sanquhar, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line. Sanquhar railway station is situated 1 mile southeast of Spoil Heap.

St Bride’s Church, Church Road, Sanquhar

Church

Photo: Billy McCrorie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Bride’s Church, Church Road, Sanquhar is situated 1 mile southeast of Spoil Heap.

Sanquhar Castle

Castle

Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sanquhar Castle, now a ruin, was built in the 13th century; the ruins are situated north east of Dumfries overlooking the River Nith. Situated on the southern approach to the former royal burgh of Sanquhar in Dumfries and Galloway, south west Scotland, it sits on the trail of the Southern Upland Way. Sanquhar Castle is situated 1½ miles southeast of Spoil Heap.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sanquhar.

Sanquhar

Town

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sanquhar is a historic market town and former royal burgh on the River Nith in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, north of Thornhill and west of Moffat. The town is approximately 49 miles southwest of Edinburgh, 36 miles southeast of Glasgow, and 24 miles north-northwest of Dumfries.

Spoil Heap

Type: Scree
Category: landform
Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.38144° or 55° 22′ 53″ north

Longitude

-3.9464° or 3° 56′ 47″ west

Open location code

9C7R93J3+HC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 350364151

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=scree

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