This rock was an important strategic site in late antiquity and it is perhaps no surprise that it was mentioned for the first time as early as 658 AD: as Alo Cluathe, and for several hundred years thereafter, with variations in spelling. In modern Gaelic this would be Ail Chluaidh ‘the rock of the Clyde’. … Continue Reading about Dumbarton Rock ~ Ail Chluaidh / Creag Chluaidh
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