Tynron

{{Short description|Village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=November 2014}}

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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".{{Cite journal |last=Watson |first=William J. |date=1925 |title=The Celts (British and Gael) in Dumfriesshire and Galloway |url=http://www.dgnhas.org.uk/transonline/SerIII-Vol11.pdf#page=153 |journal=Transactions and Journal of Proceedings of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society |series=Third Series |volume=XI |pages=147–148 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140831051704/http://www.dgnhas.org.uk/transonline/SerIII-Vol11.pdf |archive-date=2014-08-31}}