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Quarry Knowe, DUMBARTON, G82 5AE

This is the eastern end of Hawthornhill Road; the junction with Castlehill Road is not far ahead (just beyond the two cars). The houses in the right-hand half of the image are on the latter road. For a view in the opposite direction along the same part of the road, see Image For other sections, see Image and Image

This part of Dumbarton is called Castlehill. The photograph was taken at the junction with Image For details of the Castle Hill after which the area is named, see Image

The enterprise centre has various units available for rental. It is a former school annex which was converted to commercial use about 1994.

Bar on Castlehill Road. A sign outside the entrance to the Saloon bar reads: NO HORSES TO BE LEFT UNTIED Next door is the New Dragon Inn - a Chinese and Thai takeaway.

[Update: by mid-2022, the outside of the building had been redecorated, and this metalwork had been removed. Among the new decor was a "No Horses to be Left Untied" sign beside the saloon door.] See Image for context. The setting is the west side of Castlehill Road, in front of a building that had been occupied for several decades by a Chinese takeaway with "Dragon" in its name; note the dragons in the lower half of the picture. The Latin motto at the top of the ironwork is "Virtute Tutus" ("by virtue secure" or equivalent).

They are shown from the other side of Castlehill Road. Right of centre, against the wall, is a piece of metalwork, shown in detail in Image; it features carved dragons. Although the name of the takeaway also contains the word "Dragon", I am told that the metalwork itself is earlier, and was present when the premises were called "The Keep" (which is the name that is obscured by the bus stop sign). [Update: By mid-2022, the outside of the building looked very different, and, amongst other changes, the metalwork had been removed.]

Seen across Castlehill Road.

From the east, at the junction with Castlehill Road.

It only takes a few seconds to climb this knoll, shown from a distance in Image, which gives the Castlehill area of Dumbarton its name. Part of that area of housing is in the right background.

"A creative project by young people from Castlehill", as the text etched onto this jigsaw-puzzle-themed sculpture says. It stands beside the junction of Cumbrae Crescent North and Castlehill Road. See Image for a view from a different angle.