. An illustrated and descriptive guide to the great railways of England and their connections with the Continent . 3^ DUMBARTON. Dumbarton is on the left bank of the Leven, near its confluence withthe Clyde, thirteen miles north-west of Glasgow. The ancient castle standson the sides and summit of a steep, conical, basaltic rock, with two peaksthat rise boldly from the alluvial i)lain; it is a place of great strength andantiquity. From hence one of the most extensive views in Scotland may beenjoyed. Wallace was here confined previously to being sent to England,the governor being then Sir John M
. An illustrated and descriptive guide to the great railways of England and their connections with the Continent . 3^ DUMBARTON. Dumbarton is on the left bank of the Leven, near its confluence withthe Clyde, thirteen miles north-west of Glasgow. The ancient castle standson the sides and summit of a steep, conical, basaltic rock, with two peaksthat rise boldly from the alluvial i)lain; it is a place of great strength andantiquity. From hence one of the most extensive views in Scotland may beenjoyed. Wallace was here confined previously to being sent to England,the governor being then Sir John Menteith, and the highest peak of the rockis still named Wallaces Seat: it is 560 feet high. Looking to the north,Loch Lomond, the pride of the Scottish lakes, is observed, girdled in with. DUMBARTON CASTLE. mountains, above which Ben Lomond rears its pointed summit. Betweenthe lake and Dumbarton is the rich Vale of Leven. The Clyde is seensweeping away to the west in mighty reaches, and expanding into a greatestuary, while beyond are lofty mountains, whose rugged outlines are soft-ened in the purple distance. In one of the apartments of the castle a hugetwo-handed sword is preserved, said to have belonged to Wallace. Dumbar-ton is one of the four fortresses which it was stipulated by the Act of Unionshould be preserved and garrisoned. The town consists chiefly of one longirregular street. There is a good bridge with four arches, which leads intoa suburb called Bridge End. Vessels of large size can pass up to the townat high water. The town was a royal burgh in 1222. In the Vale of Levennear Dumbarton are print, cotton, and bleach fields, and in other parts ofthe county coal and ironstone, freestone and limestone, are worked. Theseare succeeded by old red sandstone resti
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