{"id":4073,"date":"2025-03-06T12:54:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T12:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/?p=4073"},"modified":"2025-03-06T12:54:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T12:54:57","slug":"images-from-dumbarton-castle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/images-from-dumbarton-castle\/03\/","title":{"rendered":"Images from Dumbarton Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dumbarton, Strathclyde, stands on a volcanic rock, which has a longer recorded history as a stronghold than any other place in Britain; was the centre of the independent British kingdom of Strathclyde from the fifth century until 1018;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>in medieval times Dumbarton was an important royal castle; the importance declined after Cromwell&#8217;s death in 1658, but continued as a garrison until WW2; most of its buildings have gone and little has survived from the old castle.see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk\/dumbarton\/dumbartoncastle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The History of Dumbarton<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/367402_82db4fe1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"209\" data-attachment-id=\"4066\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/?attachment_id=4066\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/367402_82db4fe1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,209\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;9.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 10D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\/\/www.geograph.org.uk\/photo\/367402\\&quot; rel=\\&quot;nofollow\\&quot;&gt;Dumbarton Castle&lt;\/a&gt; by &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\/\/geograph.org.uk\/profile\/12239\\&quot; rel=\\&quot;nofollow\\&quot;&gt;Eddie Mackinnon&lt;\/a&gt; is licensed under &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/\\&quot; rel=\\&quot;nofollow\\&quot;&gt;CC-BY-SA 2.0&lt;\/a&gt;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1116683296&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Dumbarton Castle&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"367402_82db4fe1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.geograph.org.uk\/photo\/367402&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Dumbarton Castle&lt;\/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/geograph.org.uk\/profile\/12239&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Eddie Mackinnon&lt;\/a&gt; is licensed under &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;CC-BY-SA 2.0&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/367402_82db4fe1-300x105.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/367402_82db4fe1.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/367402_82db4fe1.jpg\" alt=\"Dumbarton Castle\" class=\"wp-image-4066\" style=\"width:819px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/367402_82db4fe1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/367402_82db4fe1-300x105.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geograph.org.uk\/photo\/367402\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dumbarton Castle<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/geograph.org.uk\/profile\/12239\" rel=\"nofollow\">Eddie Mackinnon<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">CC-BY-SA 2.0<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/Dumbarton-Castle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" data-attachment-id=\"1049\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/dumbarton-castle\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/Dumbarton-Castle.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"450,338\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dumbarton Castle\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/Dumbarton-Castle-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/Dumbarton-Castle.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/Dumbarton-Castle.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1049\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/Dumbarton-Castle.jpg 450w, https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/Dumbarton-Castle-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>video (3 min &#8211; history and today &#8211; the Dumbarton Castle)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nArpZusmrsM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On UK map:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Strathclyde_Regional_Council.svg#\/media\/File:Strathclyde_Regional_Council.svg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/d\/dc\/Strathclyde_Regional_Council.svg\" alt=\"Strathclyde within Scotland\" height=\"347\" width=\"255\"><\/a><br>By <a href=\"\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/User:MrPenguin20\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"User:MrPenguin20\">MrPenguin20<\/a> &#8211; <span class=\"int-own-work\" lang=\"en\">Own work<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\" title=\"Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=42283270\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dumbarton, Strathclyde, stands on a volcanic rock, which has a longer recorded history as a stronghold than any other place in Britain; was the centre of the independent British kingdom of Strathclyde from the fifth century until 1018; in medieval times Dumbarton was an important royal castle; the importance declined after Cromwell&#8217;s death in 1658,&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/images-from-dumbarton-castle\/03\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Images from Dumbarton Castle<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6309],"tags":[3,1854],"class_list":["post-4073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-famous-castles-and-ruins","tag-castles","tag-scotland"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/Dumbarton-Castle.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4IfKt-13H","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":991,"url":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/culzean-castle-best-pics\/01\/","url_meta":{"origin":4073,"position":0},"title":"Culzean Castle (Best pics)","author":"hrnicu","date":"January 18, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"In Strathclyde, Scotland, Culzean Castle is a Robert Adam palace, of the Kennedy family, includes a memorial to General Eisenhower . the tartanpodcast \/Foter Lisa_Nichols \/Foter innoxiuss \/Foter literacyadviser \/Foter lenivor (more off than on just now) \/Foter UK Pictures \/Foter peg \/Foter Gordon Robertson \/Foter boutmuet \/Foter damingo@glasgow \/Foter\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;United Kingdom&quot;","block_context":{"text":"United Kingdom","link":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/category\/united-kingdom\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":719,"url":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/beeston-castle-cheshire\/05\/","url_meta":{"origin":4073,"position":1},"title":"Beeston Castle (Cheshire)","author":"hrnicu","date":"May 21, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Cheshire, was built, inspired by the great castles of the Holy Land, in 13th century by Earl Ranulf of Chester on a craggy cliff in the middle of Cheshire plain, with magnificent open views to all directions; 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