Monday, January 28, 2008

Dumbarton: Famous for a rock?

According to the crack team of dataheads at Google Analytics, the No. 10 spot on the UK chart of ROUTE 1 readership is held by the burgh of DUMBARTON, Strathclyde.
Here are six things you should know about DUMBARTON:
1) Dumbarton is located 15 miles northwest of Glasgow, on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary.
2) St. Patrick is said to have been born at Dumbarton before being carried away to Ireland by raiders.
3) Mary, Queen of Scots, was 6 years old when she sailed to live in France in 1548, following a brief stay in Dumbarton.
4) William Wallace was imprisoned in Dumbarton Castle. The castle is located on the twin peaks of the 240-foot-high Dumbarton Rock, which stands beside the junction of the Leven and the Clyde.
5) Ship-building once flourished in Dumbarton, and the clipper ship "Cutty Sark" was built at the Dumbarton yard in 1869.
6) Dumbarton is home to Ballantine's, a range of blended scotch whiskies distilled by George Ballantine & Son Ltd.
So, let's give our readers from Dumbarton a big salute! Dumbarton, hooray!

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