Duntocher

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Duntocher (Dùn Tòchair in Gaelic) is a village in Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It was established long before the town of Clydebank came into existence.

It became part of Clydebank along with the neighbouring village of Hardgate, and now lies in the West Dunbartonshire local authority area. The village expanded due to housebuilding by Clydebank town council after the second world war, and later by the Wimpey firm in the early 1970s on what had been greenbelt land.

At one time this was the most north westerly point on the Glasgow Corporation Transport tram system, trams operating from here via Hardgate to Clydebank, and at times, on to Partick depot.

Duntocher historically had several cotton and corn mills, driven by the Duntocher Burn. The Antonine Wall also runs through the village, and ancient Roman fortifications are still visible in the local Goldenhill Park.