Kinmount House, Ruthwell

Name: Kinmount House
Address: Ruthwell, United Kingdom

#4 among attractions in Ruthwell

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Kinmount House is a 19th-century country house in the parish of Cummertrees in the historic county of Dumfriesshire in Dumfries and Galloway region, Scotland. It is located 3+1⁄2 miles west of Annan. The house was designed by Sir Robert Smirke for the 6th Marquess of Queensberry and completed in 1820. It is protected as a category A listed building, and the grounds are included on the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland. ()

Coordinates: 55°0'19"N, 3°20'45"W

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Ruthwell United Kingdom

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Nearby attractions include: Galabank, Ruthwell Cross, Hoddom Castle, Comlongon Castle.

3.4 miE
Arenas and stadiums, Sport venue, Sport
Galabank, Annan
88 min walk • Galabank is a football stadium in the town of Annan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is the home ground of Scottish Professional Football League club Annan Athletic, who have played there since 1953.
2.5 miW
Church
Ruthwell Cross, Ruthwell
64 min walk • 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.
2.8 miN
Forts and castles
Hoddom Castle, Annan
73 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.
3.8 miW
Reportedly haunted, Forts and castles
Comlongon Castle, Ruthwell
96 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.
6.4 miSE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic architecture
St Michael's Church, Hadrian's Wall
163 min walk • St Michael's Church is in the village of Bowness-on-Solway, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Carlisle, the archdeaconry of Carlisle, and the diocese of Carlisle.
2.5 miW
54°59'35"N • 3°24'19"W
Savings Banks Museum, Ruthwell
64 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
2.4 miN
Forts and castles
Repentance Tower
62 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.
6.5 miSE
Area
Mais, Hadrian's Wall
166 min walk • Maia, or Mais, in Cumbria, England was a Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall, and was the last fort at the western end of the Wall, overlooking the Solway Firth.
5.7 miSE
Area
Milefortlet 2, Hadrian's Wall
146 min walk • Milefortlet 2 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.
5.8 miSE
Area
Milefortlet 3, Hadrian's Wall
149 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.
5.9 miSE
Area
Milefortlet 4, Hadrian's Wall
151 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.