Tynron
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 13 ′ N , 3 ° 52 ′ W | ||
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| Post town | THORNHILL | ||
| ZIP code section | DG3 | ||
| prefix | 01848 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Dumfries and Galloway | ||
| British Parliament | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Dumfriesshire | ||
Tynron is a town in the Scottish Council Area Dumfries and Galloway . It is located about six kilometers southwest of Thornhill and 22 kilometers northwest of Dumfries on the left bank of Shinnel Water . Historically, Tynron was in the traditional county of Dumfriesshire and the district of Nithsdale .
history
On a hill northeast of the village lies the Tynron Doon, an Iron Age Promontory Fort . A church was built in Tynron at the beginning of the 17th century. Today's neo-Gothic Tynron Parish Church was built in 1837 to a design by Scottish architect William Burn . It is protected as a monument of the highest category A. The buildings in Tynron are often from the 19th century. The village used to be the location of a school. In 1881 there were 416 people in Tynron.
traffic
Tynron is connected to the A702 ( Edinburgh - St John's Town of Dalry ) via a side road. To the east, at Thornhill, it crosses the A76 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ^ Tynron in: FH Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical , Grange Publishing, Edinburgh, 1885.
- ↑ Entry on Tynron Doon in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Entry on Tynron Parish Church in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
