Penpont, Dumfries an Gallowa
| Penpont | |
|---|---|
 Sheddins at the centre o Penpont | |
  Penpont Location within Dumfries an Gallowa | |
| OS grid reference | NX8494 |
| Ceevil pairish |
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| Cooncil area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Kintra | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
| Post toun | Thornhill |
| Postcode destrict | DG3 |
| Diallin code | 01848 |
| Police | Scots |
| Fire | Scots |
| Ambulance | Scots |
| EU Pairlament | Scotland |
| UK Pairlament | |
| Scots Pairlament | |
Penpont is a veelage aboot 2 mile wast o Thornhill in the historical coonty o Dumfriesshire, in Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland. It is near the infaw o the Shinnel Watter an the Scaur Watter rivers in the fithills o the Soothren Uplands. It his a population o aboot 400 people.
Archaeology
[eedit | eedit soorce]The're several archaelogical sites nearby, includin Late Bronze Age hill fots on Tynron Doun[1] an on Grennan Hill, an a lang cairn at Capenoch Loch[2] datin fae the 2t or 3d century.
History
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The toponym Penpont means "brig-heid" in the Cumbric leid aince spoken in the region. [3]
The A702 road passes throu Penpont. Wast o Thornhill is crosses the River Nith on a twa-airched stane brig in Penpont pairish. It wis built in the 1760s efter the presbytery o Penpont raised £680 taewart the cost. Wark startit aboot 1774, bit in 1776 the brig clytit. The brig wis completit in 1778 an strenthent in 1930-31. The brig is a Category A leetit biggin.[4]
Penpont's Kirk o Scotland pairish kirk is a Gothic Revival biggin completit in 1867. It is a Category B leetit biggin.[5] It his an Art Nouveau Communion table made in 1923.
Penpont's war memorial wis made bi Glesga sculptor William Kellock Brown an instawed in 1920. It is a bronze statue o an infantryman wi his rifle pyntin dounwart, his haunds restin on the butt an his heid slicht boued.
Namely fowk
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Sir Hugh Steuart Gladstone FRsE FZS (1877-1949) - ceevil servand an ornithologist, Laird Lieutenand o Dumfries, bade at Capenoch Hoose in Penpont.
- Joseph Thomson (1858-1895) - geologist, explorer, the Thomson's gazelle is name't efter him. He wsis born in Penpont.
- Andy Goldsworthy (born 1956) - sculptor, he his bade in the veelage syne 1986 an he his a warkshap there.
- Kirkpatrick MacMillan, the inventor o the bicycle, wis born an dee'd in Keir, ae mile sooth o Penpont.
- Joanna Lumley (born 1946) - Breetish actress, she his a hame near Penpont
- Hugh McMillan (born 1955) - scots poet an short story writer.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Views around the top of Tynron Doon". Cairnsmore of Carsphairn and the Scaur Hills. South West Scotland Hill Walking Routes.
- ↑ "Capenoch Loch (Cairn(s))". The Modern Antiquarian. Julian Cope.
- ↑ 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. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 31 August 2014. Archived 2014-08-31 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Nith Bridge (A702 over River Nith) (Category A) (LB17286)". Retrieved 2 Apryle 2019.
- ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Penpont Village Penpont Church and churchyard (Category B) (LB17267)". Retrieved 2 Apryle 2019.
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