Tynron
Tynron is veelage an ceevil pairish in the historical coonty o Dumfriesshire in Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland. It lies in a howe o the Shinnel Watter, 2 mile fae Minnyhive.
At Tynron Doun thare can be seen the ditches an rampairts o a Roman Airn-Age hillfort.
The name Tynron is likely fae the Cumbric leid din rhón meanin "lance-fort".[1]
Namely fowk[eedit | eedit soorce]
- James Shaw (1826-1896) - dominie, writer
- Rev Prof James Williamson (1725-1795) - mathemateecian, jynt foonder o the Ryal Society o Edinburgh.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Watson, William J. (1925). "The Celts (British and Gael) in Dumfriesshire and Galloway" (PDF). Transactions and Journal of Proceedings of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society. Third Series. XI: 147–148. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 31 August 2014. Archived 2014-08-31 at the Wayback Machine
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Coordinates: 55°12′58″N 3°52′42″W / 55.21619°N 3.87825°W
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