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Cardross.-- par. and vil. with ry. sta., on Firth of Clyde, in co. and 3½ miles NW. of Dumbarton, 8264 ac., pop. 9365; P.O.; between the vil. and Dumbarton formerly stood the old Castle of Cardross, where King Robert Bruce died, June 7,1329. A pillar-bank in the Clyde shows fixed light seen 4 miles.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish and village with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Cardross Parish Dunbartonshire County |
| Place: | Cardross |
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