Ruthwell Cross, Ruthwell

Name: Ruthwell Cross
Address: Ruthwell, United Kingdom

#1 among attractions in Ruthwell

Top attraction, Church

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The Ruthwell Cross is a stone Anglo-Saxon cross probably dating from the 8th century, when the village of Ruthwell, now in Scotland, was part of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 55°0'1"N, 3°24'27"W

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Ruthwell United Kingdom

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Day trips

Ruthwell Cross – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Caerlaverock Castle, Hoddom Castle, Comlongon Castle, Savings Banks Museum.

4.9 miW
Unique triangular medieval fortress
Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries
126 min walk • Caerlaverock Castle is a moated triangular castle first built in the 13th century. It is located on the southern coast of Scotland, eleven kilometres south of Dumfries, on the edge of the Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve.
4.5 miNE
Forts and castles
Hoddom Castle, Annan
116 min walk • Hoddom Castle is a large tower house in Dumfries and Galloway, south Scotland. It is located by the River Annan, 4 kilometres south-west of Ecclefechan and the same distance north-west of Brydekirk in the parish of Cummertrees.
1.4 miW
Reportedly haunted, Forts and castles
Comlongon Castle, Ruthwell
36 min walk • Comlongon Castle is a tower house dating from the later 15th century or early 16th century. It is located 1 kilometre west of the village of Clarencefield, and 10 kilometres south-east of Dumfries, in south west Scotland. The original tower has been extended by the addition of a baronial style mansion, completed around 1900.
0.5 miS
54°59'35"N • 3°24'19"W
Savings Banks Museum, Ruthwell
14 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
4.2 miNE
Forts and castles
Repentance Tower
108 min walk • The Repentance Tower is a very rare example of a mid-16th century watch tower standing on Trailtrow Hill, six miles north-west of Annan, Dumfries and Galloway.
7.1 miSE
Area
Milefortlet 3, Hadrian's Wall
182 min walk • Milefortlet 3 was a Milefortlet of the Roman Cumbrian Coast defences. These milefortlets and intervening stone watchtowers extended from the western end of Hadrian's Wall, along the Cumbrian coast and were linked by a wooden palisade.
6.9 miSE
Area
Milefortlet 4, Hadrian's Wall
177 min walk • Milefortlet 4 was a Milefortlet of the Roman Cumbrian Coast defences. These milefortlets and intervening stone watchtowers extended from the western end of Hadrian's Wall, along the Cumbrian coast and were linked by a wooden palisade.