What is Dumbarton?
'''Dumbarton''' (Dùn Breatainn or 'fort of the Britons'} is a town in [[West Dunbartonshire]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Gaelic/placenamesC-E.pdf|title=Scottish Parliament: Placenames collected by Iain Mac an Tailleir}}</ref> [[Scotland]]. It is on the north bank of the [[River Clyde]] where the River Leven flows into the Clyde [[estuary]]. In 2006, it had an estimated population of 19,990.<ref>Publications and Data. ''General Record Office for Scotland''.</ref> Dumbarton was the capital of the ancient [[Kingdom of Strathclyde|Kingdom of Alclud]], and later the [[county town]] of [[Dunbartonshire]]. [[Dumbarton Castle]], on top of Dumbarton Rock, dominates the area. Dumbarton was a [[Royal burgh]] between 1222 and 1975.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp;jsessionid=B3C4D5066274081631BABB0D710A831C?u_id=10359089 | title=Vision of Britain | access-date=2008-03-04 | archive-date=2009-03-30 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330175751/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp%3Bjsessionid%3DB3C4D5066274081631BABB0D710A831C?u_id=10359089 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Dumbarton became a centre for [[shipbuilding]], [[glassmaking]], and [[whisky]] production. However, these industries have declined. Dumbarton today is more a [[commuter town]] for [[Glasgow]] {{convert|13|mi|km|0}} east-southeast of it. [[Dumbarton F.C.]] is the local football club. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Towns in West Dunbartonshire]] {{UK-stub}} {{authority control}}