Tynron

Tynron is a village and civil parish located in Dumfries and Galloway, in south-west Scotland. It lies in a hollow along the Shinnel Water, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) from the village of Moniaive.

The area is notable for Tynron Doon, the site of a Roman Iron Age hillfort, where remnants of ditches and ramparts are still visible.

The name Tynron is believed to derive from the Cumbric elements din rhón, meaning "lance-fort".^[1]

• James Shaw, Schoolmaster and Writer
• Rev Prof James Williamson (1725–1795) mathematician, joint founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

• Tynron Glen by John Shaw
• Tynron Parish
• John Penman of Shinnel Mill and Glenairlie Mill

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55°12′58″N 3°52′42″W / 55.21619°N 3.87825°W / 55.21619; -3.87825

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