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Scotland
West Dunbartonshire

Dumbarton Castle

Dumbarton Castle has the longest recorded history of any stronghold in Scotland. It sits on a volcanic plug of basalt known as Dumbarton Rock which is 240 feet high and overlooks the Scottish town of .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: castle in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Dumbarton Military Hospital” and “Dunbarton Castle”
  • Address: Castle Road, Dumbarton, G82 1JJ

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dumbarton Football Stadium and Dumbarton Central railway station.

Stadium
Photo: James T M Towill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The , known as the Marbill Coaches Stadium and commonly known as The Rock, is a in , Scotland, used mostly for football matches; it is the home ground of Dumbarton Football Club. is situated 700 feet northeast of Dumbarton Castle.

Railway station
Photo: habiloid, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the town of in , Scotland. This station is on the West Highland Line and the North Clyde Line, 15+3⁄4 miles northwest of . is situated 3,700 feet north of Dumbarton Castle.

Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the town of in the region of . The station is managed by ScotRail and is served by trains on the North Clyde Line, 15 miles west of . is situated 2,800 feet northeast of Dumbarton Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dumbarton and Silverton.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in in the Central Belt of Scotland, with a population of 17,000 in 2022. It stands on the north shore of the Clyde at the outflow of the River Leven, which drains Loch Lomond.

Suburb
Dumbarton East is an area of the town of , . It mainly consists of Victorian-era sandstone buildings built by the Denny shipbuilding company to house its workers.

Suburb
Photo: Helen Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small settlement in . It lies south of the A9 trunk road 8 miles southwest of . It is not to be confused with in Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire.

Dumbarton Castle

Latitude
55.9366° or 55° 56′ 12″ north
Longitude
-4.56326° or 4° 33′ 48″ west
Elevation
56 feet (17 metres)
Operator
Historic Scotland
Open location code
9C7QWCPP+JM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 100657492
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
11611289
Wiki­data ID
Q2177200
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Dumbarton Castle” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Դամբարտոն դղյակ”
  • Basque: “Dumbartongo gaztelua”
  • Belarusian: “Замак Дамбартан”
  • Breton: “Alt Clut”
  • Catalan: “castell de Dumbarton”
  • Catalan: “Castell de Dumbarton”
  • Chinese: “敦巴頓城堡”
  • Chinese: “敦巴頓岩”
  • Chinese: “敦巴頓巖”
  • Danish: “Dumbarton Castle”
  • Dutch: “Dumbarton Castle”
  • French: “château de Dumbarton”
  • French: “Château de Dumbarton”
  • Galician: “castelo de Dumbarton”
  • Galician: “Castelo de Dumbarton”
  • German: “Dumbarton Castle”
  • Indonesian: “Puri Dumbarton”
  • Irish: “Caisteal Dhún Bhreatainn”
  • Irish: “Caisteal Dhùn Bhreatainn”
  • Italian: “Dumbarton Rock”
  • Japanese: “ダンバートン城”
  • Kazakh: “Дамбартон қамалы”
  • Kazakh: “Дамбартон сарайы”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dumbarton Castle”
  • Norwegian: “Dumbarton Castle”
  • Persian: “قلعه دامبارتون”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Dumbarton”
  • Russian: “Замок Дамбартон”
  • Scots: “Dumbarton Castle”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Caisteal Dhùn Bhreatainn”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Dumbarton”
  • Ukrainian: “Замок Дамбартон”
  • Uzbek: “Dambarton qasri”
  • Welsh: “Castell Dumbarton”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Dumbarton Castle”. Photo: Otter, CC BY 3.0.