Closeburn Cemetery

Places of Interest Nearby

Closeburn Castle

House

Photo: Kirkpatrick, CC BY 2.5.

Closeburn Castle is a privately owned tower house, probably of the 14th century, but possibly older, and is one of the oldest continually inhabited houses in Scotland. Closeburn Castle is situated 3,900 feet southeast of Closeburn Cemetery.

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 2 miles northwest of Closeburn Cemetery.

Places in the Area

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.

Thornhill

Town

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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 2 miles northwest of Closeburn Cemetery.

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. Penpont is situated 3½ miles west of Closeburn Cemetery.

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