Penpont
Sign in to savePenpont is a village about 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. It has a population of about 400 people.
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Place details
- Locality
- Penpont
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Penpont
- UK place.static_image_name
- Penpont village centre - geograph.org.uk - 1326065.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Crossroads at the centre of Penpont
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NX8494
- UK place.civil_parish
- Penpont
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Dumfries and Galloway
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Dumfries
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Dumfriesshire
- UK place.post_town
- Thornhill
- UK place.postcode_district
- DG3
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Image
- Bridge over the River Nith (3) - geograph.org.uk - 533035.jpg
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- Dumfriesshire
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Article
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- Archaeology
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- Notable people
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Penpont is a village about 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. It has a population of about 400 people.
==Archaeology== There are several archaeological sites nearby, including Late Bronze Age hill forts on Tynron Doon and Grennan Hill and a long cairn at Capenoch Loch dating from the 2nd or 3rd century.