Dumbarton Castle
Dunbartonshire
From the south, over the Clyde.
The small park on the river frontage is next to Dumbarton Bowling Club.
The small park on the river frontage is next to Dumbarton Bowling Club.
The main entrance and Governor's House. Up through the wall on the right.
From the western side, the River Leven to the left.
You can see from the low-lying cloud what a dreich day this was.
You can see from the low-lying cloud what a dreich day this was.
The way in once you're past the curtain wall. Up through the entrance to the Spur Battery, up to the main
building (the Governor's House) and then round the back and up the steps to the smaller building guarding
the Portcullis Arch in the cleft in the rock.
The route up through the castle comes in to the right of this photo at the Portcullis Arch.
It's a spectacular place but you need to be fit to see it all.
The Prince of Wales' Battery on the left and the Duke of Argyll's Battery in the centre.
It's a spectacular place but you need to be fit to see it all.
The Prince of Wales' Battery on the left and the Duke of Argyll's Battery in the centre.
Looking back over the Clyde towards Port Glasgow on the far shore.
Note the showers a mile or so away.
The building on the right was a prison for French sailors and you can see some visitors on the very top of the rock, two hundred and forty feet or so feet the entrance at the front of the castle.
Note the showers a mile or so away.
The building on the right was a prison for French sailors and you can see some visitors on the very top of the rock, two hundred and forty feet or so feet the entrance at the front of the castle.
The Portcullis Arch is behind this building half-way up the rock.
