A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Dumbuck, a village and a mansion in the W of Old Kilpatrick parish, Dumbartonshire. The village stands near the Clyde, 1¾ mile E by S of Dumbarton; and the neighbouring mansion, Dumbuck House, is the property of John Edward Geils, Esq. (b. 1812; suc. 1843), who owns 655 acres in the shire, valued at £1209 per annum. Wooded Dumbuck Hill (547 feet), immediately to the N, is a bold basaltic abutment from the south-western extremity of the Kilpatrick Hills, that stoops precipitously to Dumbarton plain. It commands a magnificent prospect from Tinto to Arran, and from the Grampians to Ayrshire; and so much outtops Dumbarton Castle as easily to command it by artillery, yet was occupied with little effect by Prince Charles Edward's forces in the '45.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a mansion" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Old Kilpatrick ScoP Dunbartonshire ScoCnty |
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