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-'''Dumbarton''' (''fort of the [[Briton|Britons]]'') is an ancient town on the north bank of the [[Firth of Clyde]] in Dumbartonshire (formally [[Strathclyde]] region) in south-eastern [[Scotland]].
-Before the [[Roman]]s it was the capital of a British ([[Celt]]ic) kingdom., 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.
-Dumbarton Rock, which rises from the shore was the site of fortifications since the [[Iron Age]]. During the [[Middle Ages]] it became a royal castle. [[William Wallace]] was imprisoned there before he was taken to London to be executed.
-Dumbarton's shipyards have been famous. The [[clipper]], ''[[Cutty Sark]]'' was built there in 1869.
-The town gave its name to the mansion in [[Washington DC]], “''Dumbarton Oaks''”, which  hosted the international conference in 1944 that prepared for the creation of the [[United Nations]]. Earlier, a popular ''Dumbarton Oaks'' [[concerto]] for orchestra was commissioned from [[Igor Stravinsky]] as an anniversary present by the owner, Robert Woods Bliss.
-[[Category: Scottish Cities and Towns]]

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