Bruce's Flagstaff
Introduction
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Bruce's Flagstaff
Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 27 Oct 2018
This is not the 1928 original (Image), erected by the Dumbarton Patriotic Association, but is its replacement, which, as far as I know, had only recently been erected when this picture was taken. See Image for a view from another angle. The replacement flagstaff has a different cross-section, and is not spliced. It is, though, topped by the same symbolic weather vane, with battle axe and crown: Image It lacks the plaque that the original one bore: Image Note that the idea expressed on that plaque about the location of Robert the Bruce's Cardross residence is no longer in favour; the article linked from the end-note discusses these matters in detail.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.947585
Longitude
-4.586844