Glengoyne Distillery, Scotland
Today was the third and final day of our Scotland whisky tour. We had overnighted at Aberfoyle and after breakfast went for a short tour into the Trossachs to visit the lochs and Queen’s View.
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Dumbarton Castle, Scotland
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’.
This evening, I am focusing on Scottish romantic legend, Rob Roy MacGregor ( 1671-1734). A brief chronology of Rob Roy’s life is as follows:
