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DumbartonDumbarton is the county town of Dunbartonshire. The town stands on the north bank of the River Clyde where the Rock of Dumbarton stands on the shore, a grand, steep rock on whose height the town was first founded. Dumbarton Castle in the cleavage of Dumbarton Rock, commanding the Clyde and the wider area. It is an ancient stronghold, capital of the Kingdom of Strathclyde and at the edge of the Gaelic lands a formidable defence for the Cymry against the Gael. The latter gave the town its current name: Dùn Breatainn, meaning "fortress of the Britons". From the 19th century this was a shipbuilding and indutrial town but today increasingly a commuter town Glasgow. (Read more) |
