Twynholm
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 52 ′ N , 4 ° 5 ′ W | ||
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| Post town | KIRKCUDBRIGHT | ||
| ZIP code section | DG6 | ||
| prefix | 01557 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Dumfries and Galloway | ||
| British Parliament | Dumfries and Galloway | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Galloway and West Dumfries | ||
Twynholm is a village in the Council Area Dumfries and Galloway or the traditional county of Kirkcudbrightshire .
The place has an elementary school, farm shop and gas station and is just off the A75 about eight miles west of the small town of Castle Douglas .
Shortly before Christmas 2013, the two treasure hunters Gus Paterson and Derek McLennan discovered a treasure of at least 300 silver coins from the Middle Ages with the help of a metal detector in a field near Twynholm. It was the largest find of medieval silver coins ever made in Scotland.
Sons and daughters of the place
- David Coulthard , Formula 1 driver.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ayrshire treasure hunters uncover Twynholm silver coins. BBC News, February 4, 2014, accessed February 4, 2014 .
Web links
Commons : Twynholm - collection of images, videos and audio files
