Dumbarton Castle (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Breatainn, pronounced [t̪unˈpɾʲɛʰt̪ɪɲ]; Welsh: Alt Clut) has the longest recorded history of any stronghold in Scotland...
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ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Dumbarton Castle after Dumbarton Castle. HMS Dumbarton Castle (1707), originally of the Royal Scots Navy,...
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Dumbarton was the capital of the ancient Kingdom of Strathclyde, and later the county town of Dunbartonshire. Dumbarton Castle, on top of Dumbarton Rock...
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clubs in Scotland. The club plays home games at the Dumbarton Football Stadium next to Dumbarton Castle. They were one of the most successful of the nineteenth...
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HMS Dumbarton Castle (P265) was an offshore patrol vessel of the British Royal Navy. Her main role was the protection of the offshore assets of the United...
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the cliffs and embattlements to expel the castle garrison loyal to Catholic Queen Mary from Dumbarton Castle. Six years later, he became Provost of Glasgow...
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Arran. Lennox arrived in March with two ships at his stronghold of Dumbarton Castle just days after Parliament had declared Arran as Regent and heir to...
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workers. Within this area is Dumbarton Castle and the Bet Butler Stadium - home of Dumbarton F.C. Dumbarton Castle sits on Dumbarton Rock at the point where...
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Virginia Earl of Dumbarton, title for son of Prince Harry Dumbarton Castle HMS Dumbarton Castle, the name of a number of warships Dunbarton (disambiguation)...
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to the Sons. It is nicknamed The Rock by fans, as it is adjacent to Dumbarton Castle. Open areas ring the three sides without stands. The Scotland international...
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Marian civil war (section Queen's men at Dumbarton)
the exiled Queen were in possession of Dumbarton Castle, a fortress and port that commanded the Clyde. The castle was held for Mary by Lord Fleming, helped...
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Robert, who had fought at Halidon, joined his uncle David in refuge in Dumbarton Castle. David escaped to France in 1334 and Parliament, still functioning...
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helicopters. In the event, only two ships were built, HMS Leeds Castle and HMS Dumbarton Castle. Both vessels were built by Hall Russell in Aberdeen, Scotland...
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Hamiltons, high among her remaining supporters, and the safety of Dumbarton Castle with the determination to restore her rights as queen. Mary was defeated...
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directly descended from Sir Walter Stewart (died 1425), Keeper of Dumbarton Castle, younger son of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, son of Robert...
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Fleming's failed ambush of the English commander William Drury at Dumbarton Castle. See Chronicle of Scottish Poetry (ed. James Sibbald, Edinburgh, 1802);...
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West Dunbartonshire (redirect from Dumbarton and Clydebank)
Argyll and Bute Largest settlements by population: Erskine Bridge Dumbarton Castle Inchmurrin, the largest freshwater island in the British Isles Kilpatrick...
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Dunbartonshire (redirect from County of Dumbarton)
Dunbartonshire (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Dhùn Breatann) or the County of Dumbarton is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the...
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Clan Stirling (section Clan castles)
third Laird of Cragernard. Sir John was the governor of the royal Dumbarton Castle and sheriff of Dumbartonshire. James I of Scotland appointed him as...
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a rebellion against the king, taking the town of Dumbarton and killing the keeper of Dumbarton Castle. His success was short lived and he soon fled to...
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was at Dunglass Castle, which is perched on a rocky promontory by the River Clyde. Dunglass was also close to the royal Dumbarton Castle, of which later...
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HMS Dumbarton Castle (K388) was one of 44 Castle-class corvettes built for the Royal Navy during World War II. She saw action in the Battle of the Atlantic...
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Murray with orders that the castle should be repaired as soon as priority works at Linlithgow Palace and Dumbarton Castle were completed. James thought...
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wives, and was the founder of "Kaerebrauc" (York), "Alclud" (Dumbarton) and the "Maidens' Castle". The 16th-century English writer John Stow (c. 1525 – 1605)...
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lead sheet and boiled to death. In actuality, he died, a prisoner, in Dumbarton Castle. In 1338, the then incumbent, Englishman Sir Ralph de Neville was besieged...
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he later surrendered and was imprisoned in Dumbarton Castle. FitzWarin was made constable of Urquhart Castle following the English invasion of Scotland...
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The siege of Dumbarton was a successful four-month siege of the Brittonic fortress at Dumbarton Rock in 870, initiated by the Viking leaders Amlaíb, King...
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HMS Dumbarton Castle was the Royal Scottish Naval vessel of the same name transferred to the Royal Navy by the Act of Union of 1707. Her design was based...
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for on 20 March 1304 John was appointed Warden of the castle, town, and sheriffdom of Dumbarton. Edward was keen to secure the fortification as a major...
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William Wallace's execution in 1305, John de Menteith, governor of Dumbarton Castle, received the sword in August of that year, but there are no records...
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