This evening, I am posting information on the Firth of Clyde in the West of Scotland.
This evening, I am posting information on the Firth of Clyde in the West of Scotland.
TOUR MAY 19th 2016
This morning, I collected guests from Glasgow’s West End and embarked on a tour as follows:
This evening, I am focusing on Dumbarton Castle which is located on the Firth of Clyde in S.W. Scotland. This site has a very long history as power base and fortification, possibly dating back about 1600 years when it was the capital of the Kingdom of Strathclyde, a Brythonic (Welsh) speaking kingdom covering southern Scotland and northern England. In fact Dumbarton Castle has the longest recorded history as a fortification. The name Dumbarton is derived from the Gaelic dun breatainn which means ‘Fort of the Britons’.