Tynron
Tynron is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland, lying in a hollow of the Shinnel Water, 2 miles (3.2 km) from Moniaive.
At Tynron Doon there can be seen the ditches and ramparts of a Roman Iron Age hillfort.
The name Tynron is probably from Cumbric din rhón meaning 'lance-fort'.
Notable people
- James Shaw, Schoolmaster and Writer
- Rev Prof James Williamson (1725-1795) mathematician, joint founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
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55°12′58″N 3°52′42″W / 55.21619°N 3.87825°W
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