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'''Dumbarton''' (''fort of the [[Briton]]s'') is an ancient town on the north bank of the [[Firth of Clyde]] in Dunbartonshire (formally [[Strathclyde]] region) in south-eastern [[Scotland]]. Originally ''Alcuid'', it has at various times since been referred to as ''Dumbarton’’, ''Dunbarton'' and ''Dumbritton''.  

'''Dumbarton''' (''fort of the [[Briton]]s'') is an ancient town on the north bank of the [[Firth of Clyde]]. It is the county town of [[Dunbartonshire]], a county in western-central [[Scotland]]. Originally ''Alcuid'', it has at various times since been referred to as ''Dumbarton’’, ''Dunbarton'' and ''Dumbritton''.  

Starting as a settlement on the east bank of the short River Leven, which connects the celebrated Loch Lomond to the Firth, it was the centre of a British ([[Celt]]ic) kingdom before the [[Roman]]s and endured as “British” (rather than of the [[Picts]] or Scots) through and after the Roman occupation of [[England]]. Tradition has the 4th/5th century [[St. Patrick]] being born there. During the Dark Ages it expanded its control of much of south-east Scotland and became capital of the kingdom of [[Strathclyde]] before being taken over by the Scottish king [[Malcolm II]] and absorbed into a unified kingdom by [[Duncan I]] in 1034. It became a royal burgh in 1222.

Starting as a settlement on the east bank of the short River Leven, which connects the celebrated Loch Lomond to the Firth, it was the centre of a British ([[Celt]]ic) kingdom before the [[Roman]]s and endured as “British” (rather than of the [[Picts]] or Scots) through and after the Roman occupation of [[England]]. Tradition has the 4th/5th century [[St. Patrick]] being born there. During the Dark Ages it expanded its control of much of south-east Scotland and became capital of the kingdom of [[Strathclyde]] before being taken over by the Scottish king [[Malcolm II]] and absorbed into a unified kingdom by [[Duncan I]] in 1034. It became a royal burgh in 1222.