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Dunglass.-- promontory, on the Clyde, in co. and 2½ miles E. of Dumbarton; is crowned with ruins of an ancient castle of the Colquhouns of Luss, and an obelisk to the memory of Henry Bell (1767-1830), who introduced steam navigation into Britain.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "promontory" (ADL Feature Type: "capes") |
Administrative units: | Dunbartonshire ScoCnty |
Place: | Dunglass |
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