Dalmuir

Dalmuir
The Dalmuir drop lock is the first of its type, allowing boats on the Forth and Clyde Canal to go under the Dumbarton Road without stopping traffic.
Dalmuir is located in West Dunbartonshire
Dalmuir
Dalmuir
Location within West Dunbartonshire
OS grid referenceNS486711
Council area
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CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCLYDEBANK
Postcode districtG81
Dialling code0141
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55°54′43″N 4°25′52″W / 55.912°N 4.431°W / 55.912; -4.431

Dalmuir (/dælˈmjʊər/; Scottish Gaelic: Dail Mhoire) is an area nine miles (fourteen kilometres) northwest of Glasgow, Scotland, on the western side of Clydebank, and part of West Dunbartonshire Council Area. The name is a lowland Scots derivation of the Gaelic meaning Big Field.[1] The area was originally two separate villages with Dalmuir Shore joining with Clydebank in 1886 and Dalmuir Village in 1906, during a period of rapid industrialisation and expansion.[2][3] Dalmuir is bounded by the village of Old Kilpatrick to the west, the Mountblow and Parkhall housing schemes to the north, and the Clydebank town centre area to the east. To the south is the River Clyde.

  1. ^ "Place Names of West Dunbartonshire - 'D'". www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk.
  2. ^ "Conservation appraisal" (PDF). www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk. 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  3. ^ "TheClydebankStory - Neighbourhoods: Dalmuir and Mountblow". 14 December 2007. Archived from the original on 14 December 2007.