Penpont is a village about 2 miles (3 km) west of Thornhill in Dumfriesshire, in the Dumfries and Galloway region of Scotland.

[citation needed] There are several archaeological sites nearby, including Late Bronze Age hill forts on Tynron Doon[1] and Grennan Hill and a long cairn at Capenoch Loch[2] dating from the 2nd or 3rd century.

West of Thornhill it crosses the River Nith on a two-arched stone bridge in Penpont parish.

[citation needed] Penpont's war memorial was made by Glasgow sculptor William Kellock Brown and installed in 1920.

It is a bronze statue of an infantryman, with his rifle pointing downwards, his hands resting on the butt and his head slightly bowed.