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Berenice Place, DUMBARTON, G82 1BL

Looking east along the A814 towards Dumbuck.

The photograph was taken from alongside the main road (the A814). The footpath shown here (see Image) leads from this gate to the shore of the Clyde. At the far end of the path, it is necessary to pass through a cramped railway underpass (Image).

See Image The path is perhaps called Dog's Loan; Dog's Loan Pumping Station is at its southern end. Hunter's Burn rises at a well which is located at the south-western side of the base of Dumbowie Hill (Image); although diverted beneath nearby areas of housing, the burn reappears above ground near this point, and follows the side of this footpath; at the end of the path, the burn flows underneath a railway underpass (Image) before emerging onto the beach (Image). The OS Object Name Book (1890s), giving authority for the name's appearance on the map, describes the burn as "a small stream on the High Mains of Dumbuck. The name is not generally known, but the proprietor wishes it to be adopted. The name has its origins not from a person's name but [from] the sportsmen or Hunters". On High Mains of Dumbuck, see Image and Image

The start of Dumbarton, just past the Dumbuck House Hotel.

At the Dumbarton boundary.

The 3195ft (974m) high mountain dominates the backdrop in this telephoto view from Old Greenock Road to the west of Bishopton.

Eleven years earlier: Image The sign ahead on the left is several decades old, and is one of several of the same kind that are or were situated at the edge of the town: "Welcome to Dumbarton, Ancient Capital of Strathclyde".

The A814 diverges from the A82 close to the Dumbuck Quarry near Milton. It heads west through Dumbuck, and the eastern suburbs of Dumbarton as Glasgow Road.

The photograph was taken from the cycle route (NCN Route 7), specifically, the part shown in Image The photograph really shows two short lanes, seen end-to-end; the nearer leads to Dumbuck Crescent. From the far side of that road, another such lane leads to Glasgow Road; the building that lies directly ahead, in the distance, is on the far side of Glasgow Road.