IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Penpont, THORNHILL, DG3 4BQ
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to DG3 4BQ by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image Listing (25 Images Found)
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Image
Details
Distance
1
Looking towards Burnhead
Looking back along the A702 towards Burnhead, with the hills above the Nith valley in the background near Thornhill.
Image: © David Hamilton
Taken: 22 Aug 2007
0.02 miles
2
A702 between Thornhill and Penpont
Passing Andy Goldsworthy's Millennium Cairn.
Image: © Richard Webb
Taken: 19 Apr 2019
0.04 miles
3
Stepends
Grassland by Penpont, Dumfriesshire.
Image: © Richard Webb
Taken: 19 Apr 2019
0.05 miles
5
Millennium Cairn and the view looking east
Image: © Elliott Simpson
Taken: 4 Sep 2010
0.08 miles
7
Penpont Cairn
Standing prominently on a small hill outside his home village of Penpont, this deceptively simple yet powerful large sandstone egg standing in the middle of a cattle pasture was designed by local sculptor Andy Goldsworthy to mark the start of the new millennium.
Image: © James Allan
Taken: 21 Mar 2004
0.10 miles
8
Millennium Cairn, Penpont
A drystone cairn by Andy Goldsworthy.
Image: © Richard Webb
Taken: 19 Apr 2019
0.10 miles
9
Millennium Cairn
Situated a short distance east of Stepends Farm near Penpont with houses at Burnhead in the background. According to a worker on the farm, this was erected to celebrate the new millennium. Taken late in the afternoon on a fine March day.
A site visitor adds:-
This sculpture is the work of the famous artist Andy Goldsworthy who lives in nearby Penpont.
Image: © Walter Baxter
Taken: 24 Mar 2007
0.11 miles
