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Stoneyflatt Road, DUMBARTON, G82 3HL

Just ahead, a cul-de-sac branches off to the left; it is also reckoned as part of Whiteford Avenue. It is shown in Image To the left of the top of the nearest lamp post on the left of the road, it is just possible to pick out a dome as a grey bump on the skyline; it is a Image At the far left in the background is part of Image

This is a general view of the newer northern half of the cemetery. For another such view, and for further comments, see Image This northern half of the cemetery contains a Image

This is a general view of the northern half of the cemetery; for another such view, see Image This area was not part of the cemetery as it was originally laid out; it was a later extension. This newer northern section has a very different feel about it; the large and varied monuments that are so prevalent in the older part of the cemetery are fascinating and often attractive, but they were of their time. Style and taste have changed, and such structures would be very much out of place here.

This cul-de-sac branches off from the main body of Image It is not given a separate name.

Before the adjacent Aitkenbar Primary School (to the photographer's left) was demolished, this crossing had a dancing lollipop man: Image Most people found that entertaining, but a few complained.

The fountain stands in the northern half of Image The inscription on the near side is extremely worn in places, but the sense of the text makes it possible to fill in the gaps (compare the inscription at Image). "Erected by the London-Dumbartonshire Association President – Sir Iain Colquhoun, Bart, KT, DSO, LLD, Lord Lieutenant of Dumbartonshire to the honoured memory of those of the county who lost their lives by enemy action 1939-1945" The far side of the fountain (shown in Image) bears the very worn remnants of a crest and a Latin motto: Image [Although it is not recorded on the inscription, the memorial was unveiled in September of 1949. Sir Iain Colquhoun had been Lord-Lieutenant of the county from 1919 until his death in November 1948, but was succeeded in that role by Major General Alexander Telfer-Smollett, who performed the unveiling of the memorial.]

This is the same fountain as shown in Image, but viewed from the other side; see that item for further details. For a closer look at the detail on this side, see Image

This photograph is a close-up view of the fountain that is shown in Image; these details are indistinct unless, as in this case, the angle of the sun's illumination is favourable. The motto appears to read "Fide Fortuna Fortes". The elephant with the "castle" (or tower) on its back features in the Dumbarton arms, which "were registered in the Lyon Office in or about AD 1672. This was the year in which was passed the important Act which confers on the Lyon King of Arms the right to grant arms to 'virtuous and well-deserving persons'"; specifically, the Dumbarton arms are described as follows: "Azure, an elephant passant argent, tusked or, bearing on his back a tower proper". (See Image for another representation.) Their origin is obscure. They are said to "appear upon the burgh seal appended to the document relating to the ransom of David II, son of Robert the Bruce, at the end of his eleven years of captivity dating from the battle of Neville's Cross", that document being dated 1357. [The above details about the Dumbarton arms are from "The Dumbarton coat-of-arms" (1909), by Archibald Macdonald.]

The view is from the junction of Whiteford Avenue (foreground) and Whiteford Crescent (receding on the right). Compare Image (with the same zebra crossing visible), and Image (from just beyond that crossing), which were taken, respectively, a year earlier and eight months earlier.

The crossing at the left is shown from the other side of the road in Image Housing will be built here. See Image for an earlier picture showing rubble on site, Image for the building that formerly stood here, and Image for its replacement.