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<< Our Photo Pages >> Tynron Doon - Hillfort in Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway

Submitted by ginger-tt on Monday, 19 October 2009  Page Views: 8892

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Tynron Doon
Country: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Thornhill  Nearest Village: Tynron
Map Ref: NX8197093927
Latitude: 55.225406N  Longitude: 3.857144W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Tynron Doon
Tynron Doon submitted by ginger-tt : view between the ramparts (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Dumfries and Galloway

Tynron Doon is situated one and a half miles from the hamlet of Tynron in Dumfries and Galloway. Access to it is via a steep climb through a Juniper wood to the west and then along a sheep track up to the fort (there is a shorter route but the views approaching the fort are not as worthwhile). It is a multilavate fort with 2 ramparts and 3 ditch's on all sides apart from the south which is a steep cliff face partially covered in trees and the east which has just one rampart and relies on the steepness of the hill for defence. The entrance to the fort is on the west of the fort looking down towards the juniper woods and the village of Tynron. The views from the top are stunning and you can look down on the nearby Grennan hill fort to the east of the Doon. I would recommend a visit to everyone it's a lovely spot.

For more information on this prehistoric hillfort, see Canmore ID 65300, which includes a Publication Account from 1986 describing this fort as "a very conspicuous object in the landscape for miles around" and "the most important fortress in the county."
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Tynron Doon
Tynron Doon submitted by durhamnature : Plan of the fort from "Report of Commission on Monuments..." via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Tynron Doon submitted by ginger-tt : Tynron Doon (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tynron Doon
Tynron Doon submitted by ginger-tt : Tynron Doon Iron Age Hillfort (Vote or comment on this photo)

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NX8193 : Summit, Tynron Doon by Richard Webb
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NX8193 : Tynron Doon from Moniaive to Tynron road by Craig Brown
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NX8193 : Tynron Doon by Rab McMurdo
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NX8193 : Tynron Doon from Mid Hill by Alan O'Dowd
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NX8193 : Rampart, Tynron Doon by Richard Webb
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