Tynron Doon

#2496 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Tynron Doon is a multivallate Iron Age hill fort outside the village of Tynron in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It was occupied on and off from the 1st millennium BC until the 16th century, when an L shaped tower house stood there. Tynron Doon lies at the southern end of the Scaur hills. ()

Coordinates: 55°13'32"N, 3°51'25"W

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ScotlandUnited Kingdom

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Tynron Doon – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Drumlanrig Castle, Morton Castle, Closeburn Castle, Tibbers Castle.

3.8 miNE
17th-century castle with lavish interior
Drumlanrig Castle
98 min walk • Drumlanrig Castle is situated on the Queensberry Estate in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The category A listed castle is the Dumfriesshire home of the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry. It is open to the public at set times.
5.5 miNE
Forts and castles
Morton Castle
140 min walk • Morton Castle is located by an artificial loch in the hills above Nithsdale, in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It lies 2.5 miles north-east of Thornhill, and once formed part of a chain of castles along the strategically important Nith Valley, which runs from the Solway Firth north to the Clyde Valley.
5.5 miE
Forts and castles
Closeburn Castle
142 min walk • Closeburn Castle is a tower house, probably of the 14th century, but possibly older, and is one of the oldest continually inhabited houses in Scotland.
3.7 miNE
Museum, Forts and castles
Tibbers Castle
95 min walk • Tibbers Castle is a motte-and-bailey castle overlooking a ford across the River Nith in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. To the east is the village of Carronbridge and to the north west is a 16th-century country house, Drumlanrig Castle.
0.8 miNE
Archaeological site
Grennan Hill
20 min walk • Grennan Hill is the site of an Iron Age hill fort outside Penpont in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
3.8 miE
Town
Thornhill
98 min walk • Thornhill is a village in the Mid Nithsdale area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, south of Sanquhar and north of Dumfries on the main A76 road.
5.2 miSW
Reportedly haunted
Craigdarroch
134 min walk • Craigdarroch is a house near Moniaive, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It was the seat of the Chief of the Dumfriesshire Fergussons for 600 years. Built by William Adam in 1729 over the old house dating from the earliest records.